5 Cybersecurity Career Pathways That HR Managers Should Recognize

Gordon Pelosse, SVP at CompTIA, reveals five alternative routes for recruiting cybersecurity professionals beyond formal degrees, which often misrepresent skills. These pathways include alternative higher education, vocational training, and certifications, self-directed learning and experience, boot camps and short courses, and work experience. This approach could potentially reinvigorate the recruitment sphere by recognizing self-taught skills, relevant certifications, and transferable experience to attract more proficient, security-conscious talent.