Cybersecurity is facing 3.4 million vacant positions (and counting) and there’s an opportunity for veterans to help fill the skills gap.

Duality Technologies has appointed Adm. Michael Rogers to their board of advisors. Adm. Michael Rogers has military and federal security experience. 

Patrick Neise joins Groove as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Neise is a former Director of Operations for the NSA Red Team with a D.Eng.

Military police leader Phillip Lenz has been named Director of Public Safety at Westminster College.

A cybersecurity education partnership between Infosec Institute and charity organization VetJobs can help military veterans and spouses build their security and information technology (IT) careers.

Peter Liebert, former Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of the State of California, has been named CISO at LifeOmic.

Terry Phillips, a U.S. Air Force veteran and security expert, has been named SVP and Chief Security Officer (CSO) at Leidos, where he will direct the Leidos Global Security Organization.

Real Madrid C.F., an internationally renowned soccer club, has named José Antonio Mellado Valverde its new Director of Security.

Baxter Kruger, former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, has been named the new Director of the Mississippi Office of Homeland Security.

This Veterans Day, Security speaks with three veterans who now hold roles across the private sector about how military service informs their current positions, including GardaWorld's Lisa Bateman, DC Shared Human Resources/Talent Acquisition Specialist; David Bradney, Central Region Vice President of GardaWorld Security Services US; and Microsoft's Senior Special Security Operations Manager Ben Brown.