The U.K. needs AI talent; Mandiant launches a new risk protection service; and AWS, IBM, and Cisco benefit from cybersecurity spending.

Although analysts predict AI to be worth around $51.5 billion by the end of this year, many undergraduate students are unaware of the opportunities pursuant to AI-related courses.

“When you think about the diversity, our attackers are diverse, and they exploit the seams," said Microsoft's Vasu Jakkal.

Foundry reports 84% of IT organizations have already deployed or plan to deploy projects surrounding data and analytics.

"Hell, the hackers are more diverse than we are. Even they understand the importance of having a bigger tent," Trellix CEO Bryan Palma said.

The initiative is designed to help students at historically black colleges and universities for careers in cybersecurity and engineering.

Lacework lays off 20% of its workforce; virtual CISO positions are on the rise; and Ericsson plans to hire 250 in Ireland.

“As threats from nation-state actors and cybercriminals grow in volume and sophistication, the worldwide shortage of cybersecurity professionals grows as well,” Trellix's researchers noted.

The open positions include software developers, data scientists, architects, and cloud and mobile communication engineers.

Oil and gas pledge cyber resiliency; Ericsson and DT trial a solar and wind energy site; and analysts deride Broadcom's VMware deal.

The cybersecurity unicorn closed on its then-record funding haul late last year, which pushed its valuation to $8.3 billion.

“Competition for skilled labor is very much a reality,” Tillman Infrastructure COO Christian Hillabrant said.

“We're not seeing the pressure from an inflation or reduced economic activity perspective,” CEO Nikesh Arora said.

Next-generation zero-trust network access makes sure that trust is not implicit, SVP Kumar Ramachandran said. “It's zero trust with zero exceptions.”

Juniper Networks rebuilt its long-standing Contrail Networking; April hirings and firings; Verizon Business goes global with Extreme.

Huawei furloughed employees in Russia; Rakuten CMO sets open RAN limits; and Christina Schelling is Verizon's SVP of talent and diversity.

Seventy-percent of leaders saw women and new graduates hiring as the top recruitment hurdle and 61% of them found hiring minorities challenging, Fortinet reports.

Growing ransomware threats will be a key driver for Singapore enterprises to increase security spending, GlobalData's Saurabh Daga said.

Intel acquired Granulate; new research shows cybersecurity mistakes cost jobs; and a roundup of March's executive hirings and firings.

Arm plans to cut 15% of its workforce, and Ericsson's CEO faces personal liability for the vendor's Iraq misconduct crisis.

IDC discovered 71% of IT leaders view their cloud strategy as the biggest driver of sustainability.

The WLAN space remains Cisco's domain, and Cloudflare and CrowdStrike partner on security.

Nvidia coughed up a $1.25 billion breakup fee after abandoning a deal to acquire Arm, but that apparently wasn’t enough to delay massive job losses.

Ericsson touted its 5G energy efficiency progress; Nvidia's Arm ambitions are anything but dead; and the Great Resignation might collide with the developer shortage.