5 Cybersecurity Career Pathways That HR Managers Should Recognize

Gordon Pelosse, senior vice president at CompTIA, identifies five pathways for hiring cybersecurity professionals: associate degrees, vocational training and certificates, self-directed learning, boot camps, and work experience in relevant fields such as system administration. Pelosse argues that HR managers should focus more on the competences acquired through these pathways rather than relying on formal degree requirements. He also suggests discovering hidden cybersecurity talent in other fields within an organization.