CISOs step up to the security workforce challenge
CISOs step up to the security workforce challenge
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Publish Date: 2026-05-05 05:06:00
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This is its own challenge, requiring time and a good deal of unlearning certain things and honing that ‘how to break’ security mindset. For example, Turpin says, upskilling “someone who’s competent in networking, server administration, or software development to the equivalent security role takes an additional two years.”
Turpin has found that just establishing the security mindset can take up to a year within that timeframe. “Instead of thinking, ‘How do I keep it going,’ as the security person it’s thinking, ‘How can it go wrong.’ It’s a different approach,” he says.
“If I can find someone who’s got the right drive, the right people skills, they’re a good cultural fit, and they have the potential, I can turn them into a good technologist,” adds Turpin, who like Gomez-Sanchez will be inducted into the CSO Hall of Fame this year.
