The World Needs Cybersecurity Experts - Microsoft Expands Skilling Effort With A Focus On Women
Microsoft News, April 19th, 2023
Today, Microsoft is expanding our Cybersecurity Skills Initiative to Argentina, Chile, Indonesia, and Spain, and delivering grants to nonprofits to help skill people for the cybersecurity workforce.
With this expansion, we are now working in 28 countries around the world, partnering with nonprofits and other educational institutions to train the next generation of cybersecurity professionals.
The past few years have seen cybercriminals target the media, businesses, and governments, and the volume is staggering. As we cited in our Digital Defense Report last year, the volume of password attacks has risen to an estimated 921 attacks every second - a 74% increase in just one year. Cyberattacks often have devastating impacts - the average cost of a cyber breach has reached $4.35 million.