CYBER AND CLOUD
“ The future as the World Economic Forum is saying is much more about human-centred capabilities , us thinking and talking ”
HENRY ROSE LEE INTER-GENERATIONAL DIVERSITY EXPERT AND SPEAKER
Looking at ageism within businesses more broadly , Henry Rose Lee , Inter- Generational Diversity Expert and Speaker , who conducted research with security company , Appgate , on generational differences and the impact it has on cybersecurity , said : “ We have ageism at both ends . Ageism exists when people are young and then they can ' t get a job because they haven ' t got the experience and need the experience to get a job .”
“ There ' s ageism at the other end . Statistically , if you are in your fifties to your seventies , the chances are that if you are in an industrialised , westernised , democratised society , you are probably seen as getting towards your sell-by date . You ' re often seen as becoming too old and therefore becoming less valuable when the truth of the matter is that nothing could be further from that ,” she continued .
Lee ’ s research looked into ageism in cyber and how to leverage multigenerational expertise to close the cybersecurity skills gap . With Appgate , Lee found that knowledge and experience make the real difference to effective cybersecurity resiliency , not the latest-generation technology and infrastructure .
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