A new study from ISC² estimates the current cybersecurity workforce at 2.8 million professionals and estimates that 4.07 professionals will be needed to close the skills gap (4.07 million professionals).

The Security Industry Association (SIA) has announced the 2019 keynote and featured speakers for Securing New Ground (SNG), taking place at the Grand Hyatt New York in Manhattan Oct. 29-30.

Dave Estlick, CISO of Starbucks, will keynote at the 2019 Retail Cyber Intelligence Summit, presented by the Retail and Hospitality Information Sharing and Analysis Center (RH-ISAC).

McDonald’s will introduce new workplace training centered on harassment and workplace safety to its U.S. employees.

Employees of healthcare organizations in the U.S. and Canada are lacking cybersecurity education and awareness in three main areas including regulation, policy and training. 

Suffolk County, New York has launched a school safety initiative called the Sharing to Help Access Remote Entry (SHARE) that will share live security camera footage with police in active shooter situations. 

More than 40 people joined together at God's Church Sunday in Victoria, Texas to train for an active shooter incident, says a news report. 

Pennsylvannia state and county officials attended a cybersecurity training session hosted by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, says a news report. 

Texas passed two grid protection bills -- Senate Bill 475 and Senate Bill 936 -- to boost cybersecurity monitoring and best practices.