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Fortinet Joins the European Commission’s Cybersecurity Skills Academy Initiative to Provide Learning Opportunities Across the European Union
Building on the company’s mission to close the cyber skills gap globally, Fortinet participates in European Union pledge to upskill and reskill individuals
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[{"type":"text","content":"Building on the company’s mission to close the cyber skills gap globally, Fortinet participates in European Union pledge to upskill and reskill individuals\nSUNNYVALE, Calif., March 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rob Rashotte, Vice President of Global Training and Global Field Enablement at Fortinet “Fortinet is committed to making cybersecurity education and training accessible to all to address the global talent shortage; public-private partnerships play a vital role in this effort. Our collaboration with the European Commission’s Cybersecurity Skills Academy is aligned with our goal of providing cybersecurity training to 1 million people globally by 2026. We look forward to providing more learning opportunities to individuals across all 27 countries of the European Union to develop the cyber workforce in the region.” News Summary Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT), the global cybersecurity leader driving the convergence of networking and security, today announced it has joined the European Commission’s Cybersecurity Skills Academy initiative. Through the Fortinet Training Institute, Fortinet pledges to offer its award-winning cybersecurity training and security awareness curriculum to up to 75,000 individuals for free in Europe over the next three years. This pledge is designed to help reduce the cybersecurity skills shortage across the European Union (EU), further contributing to Fortinet’s global goal set in 2021 to train 1 million people worldwide in cybersecurity across a five-year span. Developing the EU Cybersecurity Workforce to Enhance the Region’s ResilienceIncreasingly, adversaries’ tactics are becoming more sophisticated, and they are rapidly identifying ways to evade security controls. Yet many business leaders do not have the security staff needed to adequately protect their organization’s networks. Roughly 40% of EU-based IT decision-makers find it challenging to recruit, hire, and retain qualified security professionals, and almost 50% say it is difficult to meet their diversity goals of hiring more women, military veterans, and individuals from minority backgrounds. The Cybersecurity Skills Academy, introduced by the European Commission in 2023, aims to help close the cybersecurity skills gap in the EU by bringing together private and public entities to promote cybersecurity skills and develop the workforce. The Academy o...