Port Swigger launches the Web Security Academy to address a global cyber security talent shortage
Summary: PortSwigger, the makers of Burp Suite, officially launched the Web Security Academy in October 2019, a free and interactive web security training platform that had been in beta since a soft launch in April 2019. The company cites a rise in organizations reporting a problematic security skills shortage from 23% to 51% since 2014, and over 313,000 open jobs in the US per CyberSeek, as the gap the Academy is meant to address.
What you should know: With more than 313,000 US security jobs unfilled and the share of organizations reporting a skills shortage more than doubling to 51%, the training pipeline is the constraint on staffing web security work - and this free platform, led by the author of The Web Application Hacker's Handbook, is one attempt to widen it.
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