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Marketing psychology has influenced each of us; experts suggest it could help reduce the angst of cybersecurity training. There is a dilemma when it comes to cybersecurity training.

called for more and continued industry collaboration amongst membership and training bodies linked with cybersecurity skills and professional development. Doing so will bolster the cross-industry work that has built the new UK Cyber Security Council, as well as further collective efforts to advocate for members and greater industry awareness of cybersecurity trends and threats.

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Organizations have invested millions in new technology over the past year, yet fewer than one in 10 businesses have trained staff in to use these tools. Despite soaring technology budgets, research suggests that workers still have not been trained to use new tools properly - and employees are finding themselves on the firing line.

Read one psychologist's tips for cybersecurity professionals on how to adapt and stop the attackers. With a constant barrage of cyberattacks plaguing cybersecurity staffs, one expert has a new way to train teams in cognitive agility, which we discussed in a previous article, Cognitive agility can help solve some "Wicked" cybersecurity challenges.

Security biz Proofpoint and its subsidiary Wombat Security Technologies have sued Facebook and its Instagram subsidiary to prevent the seizure of internet domain names used for security testing. It sets up domain names that incorporate trademarked terms, like Facebook and Instagram, or fragments of those terms that have similar looking domain names.

A U.S.-funded center in Cyprus will help train officials from countries in the eastern Mediterranean region and the Middle East on the latest techniques in border, customs, maritime and cyber security, the acting head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Monday. Chad Wolf said the $5 million Cyprus Center for Land, Open-Seas, and Port Security will incorporate a mobile facility to instruct officials on how to best protect their key infrastructure and take part in cross-border cyber investigations.

ColorTokens announced its ColorTokens Partner Program and Partner Portal, providing distributors, resellers, and other technology service providers the resources they need to get started in the enterprise information security market. The ColorTokens Partner Program allows easy entry for first-time cloud security partners, guiding them to develop skills, scale revenue, and achieve success.

Cyberbit announced a new partnership with Optiv to bring simulation-based SOC Team training to Optiv clients throughout North America. Through this strategic partnership, Optiv will offer the Cyberbit platform to train cybersecurity teams from "Zero to hero," developing skills in cyber labs before responding to real-world cyberattacks, simulated in a virtual SOC within the cyber range.

The United States and Australia on Friday announced a partnership for the continuous development of a virtual cyber training range. The Cyber Training Capabilities Project Arrangement, which was signed on November 3, results in the incorporation of Australian Defense Force feedback into the U.S. Cyber Command's simulated training domain, the Persistent Cyber Training Environment.