APR 18, 2023 | EUROPEAN UNION | EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
BSA Applauds EU Boost to Digital and Cyber Skills Across Europe
BRUSSELS – April 18, 2023 – BSA | The Software Alliance welcomes today’s recommendations by the Commission to boost digital skills through training and education in Europe and the EU Cybersecurity Skills Academy. The package of proposed initiatives aims to provide much-needed training and education in digital – and especially cyber – skills for the EU workforce, which is facing a shortage of IT and cybersecurity experts.
The latest World Economic Forum Global Cybersecurity Outlook reports that there was a shortfall of approximately 2.27 million cybersecurity experts in 2021, highlighting the importance of recruiting and retaining individuals with digital and cybersecurity skills to address growing cyber threats.
Hadrien Valembois, Senior Manager, Policy – EMEA at BSA, said, “The EU Cybersecurity Skills Academy initiative should focus on enlarging the pool of technical experts with specific cybersecurity skills and providing employees in general with basic skills training, especially when it comes to cyber hygiene. BSA also encourages greater collaboration with the private sector, tapping into the extensive expertise and knowledge sharing of enterprise software companies to equip professionals with industry-ready cyber skills.”
“In addition, it is of utmost importance to look at how EU member states can support the scaling up of successful private sector initiatives on cybersecurity training, so that together they can reach more people and form more professionals,” Valembois added.
Making significant investments in broadening opportunities, promoting alternative paths to the labor market, improving training programs, and expediting workforce diversity are key recommendations in BSA’s 2023 Global Cyber Agenda. Learn more here.
BSA 소개
소프트웨어 연합(BSA | The Software Alliance, 이하 BSA)(www.bsa.org)은 각국 정부를 대상으로 세계 시장에서 전 세계 소프트웨어 업계를 대변하고 옹호하는 선도적 연합체입니다. 세계의 가장 혁신적 기업들이 회원사로 참여하며 경제에 활기를 불어 넣고 현대의 생활을 향상시키는 소프트웨어 솔루션을 만들어 내고 있습니다.
워싱턴 DC에 본부를 두고, 30개국이 넘는 국가들에서 운영되는 BSA는, 합법적 소프트웨어 사용을 증진시키고 기술 혁신을 촉진하며 디지털 경제의 성장을 추진하는 공공 정책을 지지하는 준법 프로그램들을 선도합니다.