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BT: We Need to Close the AI Skills Gap

There is an overwhelming need for talent in the U.K.'s artificial intelligence (AI) industry — and undergraduate students could be the solution to bridging this skills gap, according to a new study from BT. Read more.

Mandiant Moves to Monitor Chatter, Exposures on Deep Web

Mandiant launched its digital risk protection service this week during the RSA Conference to proactively defend against emerging threats. A key part of this service is a digital threat monitoring service that is designed to continuously monitor the internet. Read more.

AWS, IBM, Cisco Lead Surging Cybersecurity Market

Amazon Web Services (AWS), IBM, and Cisco are set to benefit from an expected surge in enterprise cybersecurity prevention spending over the next five years, according to a new report from Juniper Research. Read more.

Qualcomm Seizes Cellwize to Boost 5G RAN Game

Qualcomm boosted its 5G open radio access network (O-RAN) game, acquiring Israel-based Cellwize Wireless Technologies in a move that positions the chip giant further outside its legacy silicon heritage. Read more.

Starbucks CISO: Diversity in Cybersecurity Requires Leadership Change

With only 24% of the global cybersecurity workforce being women and only 20% of that workforce being people of color, attackers have been able to exploit those biases, according to Vasu Jakkal, Microsoft’s corporate VP for security, compliance, and identity. Read more.

Money Moves: May 2022

Here are some of the most prominent venture capital and merger and acquisition news items from May. Read more.

7 Layers: Google Cloud Reveals Challenges Security Operations Teams Face

SDxCentral's Managing Editor Liz Coyne met with Google Cloud’s Senior Director of Product Management, Jess Leroy, at the RSA Conference 2022 in San Francisco to discuss the growing challenges security operations teams are facing, and how this impacts cyberattacks. Stream now.