The Cyber Skills Gap | Chris Silvers | TEDxElonUniversity

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Published 2017-06-13

In this talk, Chris Silvers presents thoughts on the technological skills gap from his perspective in the information security industry, in which the gap is causing problems right now. He will overview resources and techniques available to help you on your journey to closing the skills gap in your field, positioning yourself as a valuable member of your community.

Chris Silvers, a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology, has an MBA from Georgia State University and almost two decades of information security and risk management experience. As an advocate of lifelong learning, he has earned numerous security certifications in the past twenty years.

Chris began his information security career while working in the Federal Reserve System. In addition to creating a nation-wide penetration testing group, he lead the incident response team for the Atlanta district. After working in the information security field, Chris founded his own company, C G Silvers Consulting, in 2014.

Chris has developed and taught a wide variety of technical security and information security courses for various clients and security conferences. He also runs Open Source Intelligence CTFs at security conferences and speaks at community events about the importance of security to those outside the security industry.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

All Comments (21)

@bryanbrigaudit5690 5 years ago

Fascinating analogy, truly an amazing talk and worth watching for people who are in the technology industry.
@MJ-kn2ci 5 years ago

I want to study information systems- cybersecurity because of the lack ok knowledge we have when using today's technology
@Monika-nb6ur 5 years ago

Normally talks are so boring, but this was really interesting & engaging.
@CyberBoo 3 years ago

Graduating in the spring with my BA in Cybersecurity and certification in Project Management! So excited to start my journey
@avimehenwal 6 years ago

Amazing talk, truly inspired by speakers though on knowledge-driven industries ... Learn to Lear. Thankyou for sharing your insights
@Galayriyasomalia 5 years ago

Thanks Chris this is what i really want to learn to become penetration tester
@josefinamagallanes8451 4 years ago

Thank you, Chris Silvers, very good video.
@leoedias 6 years ago

Really inspiring Chris, Th4nk U!
@browntroy101 3 years ago

Thanks, the down to earth video, was very, very helpful!
@peeetew 5 years ago

What a well-structured talk 😄
@williamsxvi20 4 years ago

Currently in my BA of Computing & Informatics with a specialization in Cybersecurity & Mobile Devices :)
@eyasudema2 5 years ago

thanks for your help !
@markzuckerberg6962 4 years ago

David Wallace?
@josefinamagallanes8451 4 years ago

Excellent speaker.
@inuken9561 2 years ago

And the views count perfectly reflect this skills gap
@odesso4625 4 years ago

Great talk!
@dapperking 1 year ago

This is how I knew I had the natural inclination for this field, when Snapchat, Google Maps tracking and any other new technology came out, my first thought wasn't how great it is, but how can this be exploited.
@florencetown4024 1 year ago

Fields programmable gate array is known not too unknown
@joncena168 4 years ago

I want to do this!!!!
@benjamindeluna1299 5 years ago

Running version 12.0.1 xD Oh how much i feel like a time traveler :)