Yearly Security Awareness Training Isn't Enough - Interview with Hord Tipton of (ISC)2

Summary: From his perch as executive director of (ISC)2, the not-for-profit certifier of IT security professionals, and as the former CIO at the Interior Department, Hord Tipton has a close-up view on what works and doesn't work in regards of training government employees on information security awareness. <p>In an interview with Information Security Media Group's GovInfoSecurity.com, Tipton discusses the: </p><p></p><div id="blist">Need to provide federal employees awareness training more often than once a year because of the ever-changing challenges IT security presents;</div> <div id="blist">Challenges the government faces in hiring qualified cybersecurity practitioners even if there aren't enough applicants with IT security certification; and</div> <div id="blist">Expansion of information security awareness beyond government agencies and establishing programs in elementary and secondary schools.</div> <p>Tipton spoke with Eric Chabrow, managing editor of GovInfoSecurity.com.</p>