Tribe of Hackers Security Leaders

4Mark Arnold

“My philosophy is to seek a diverse workforce, given the diversity of threats.”

Twitter: @lotusebhat • Website: www.linkedin.com/in/markaarnold-phd/

Mark Arnold has worked in cybersecurity for over 15 years, serving 8 of those years in leadership roles. As a transformational leader, Mark has built security teams and programs, authored maturity models to optimize risk management processes, and implemented security domain practices at large enterprises and service providers.

Mark commits time to the security community as an OWASP chapter and InfoSecWorld board member, among others.

He holds industry certifications and has satisfied his intellectual curiosity with earned degrees from Stanford, Princeton Seminary, and Harvard University. He is a former competitive gymnast but, most importantly, a husband and dad, thriving on hugs.

Do you believe there is a massive shortage of career cybersecurity professionals?

There is a massive shortage if we believe the numbers (e.g., Cyberseek.org's listings for the United States only; I'm not sure if similar disparities exist globally). Pipeline generation is the common response/retort to the question of resolving the shortage, especially as I reread the question. When it comes to the qualifier “career,” requisition demand dwarfs the number of available career cybersecurity professions. We as leaders should not solely focus ...