Security News > 2022 > November > Google looking outside the usual channels to fix security skills gap

Because of this, "Not every organization is hyper-focused on the subject of diversity and inclusion," MK Palmore, a director in Google Cloud's Office of the Chief Information Security Officer, told The Register.

The infosec community - still mostly male and mostly white - needs diversity to produce better outcomes, Palmore said.

To this end, Google Cloud recently partnered with Cyversity, a non-profit that seeks to bring more women and underrepresented minorities into infosec jobs.

Together with the SANS Institute and Palo Alto Networks, the org and the cloud giant announced the Cyversity SANS Diversity Academy, which will provide free education and training in an effort to place around 200 women and underrepresented minorities into cybersecurity jobs.

From FBI to Google Cloud Office of the CISO. Palmore grew up in Washington, DC, and after high school he attended the US Naval Academy, which had been a long-time dream of his.

Phase one of the six-month program includes vendor training, where applicants receive access to Google Cloud and Palo Alto Networks training.

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