Posted on 06/07/2022 4:37:23 PM PDT by NohSpinZone
There is a serious problem with the homogenized nature of cybersecurity professionals, Trellix CEO Bryan Palma said during his keynote at the RSA Conference.
An overwhelming majority of individuals in the cybersecurity field identify as straight, white, and male, according to a recent Trellix-commissioned survey conducted by a market research firm.
This clear lack of diversity is holding the industry back in two main ways. “First, we are turning away great people and doing our industry a significant disservice by failing to cultivate a more inclusive environment,” Palma explained. “We are all better when we benefit from the diverse perspectives of others.”
And secondly, that homogenization is bad for business. “I learned this decades ago from Indra Nooyi, the former PepsiCo CEO: we do not look like our customers. And our lack of diversity restricts our ingenuity, innovation, and ability to recruit the next generation of talent,” Palma said.
“Hell, the hackers are more diverse than we are. Even they understand the importance of having a bigger tent,” he added.
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Why don't we start at the top then, white dude. Resign today and appoint a Latinx transgender with a furry fetish.
That comment is both sexist and racist.
He wants your job to be assigned to you at birth if they allow you to be born
And just plain stupid.
Easy answer. Just get more of the straight white males to identify as pervert, black, or female.
Here we go again. Another orchestrated melt down/ dumb down/ all for somebody’s vague idea of fairness.
Variety for it’s own sake does not necessarily equal fairness.
Max Headroom
Total BS!
Sue Trellix for discrimination.
“First, we are turning away great people...”
Yeah, but are they actually qualified for the job, you moron?
Go Ahead and diversify...and get sued by your own new employees because your company bending over for them will never be enough
What would happen to Trellix if he hired people that had no clue about the job
Look at NASA and their Diversity , they get nothing done
Not an inappropriate suggestion, given the focus of the article. However, you're apparently assuming the person pictured isn't a Latinx transgender with a furry fetish (which, based on the photo, may not be a safe assumption ;>)...
I ****ing hate people like this one.
However, if you have a degree in transgenderism with a minor in fisting, experience in DEI, and call anyone who wont hire you as a cyber security professional a bigot, companies may not have a spot on their roster for you.
Does this guy really believe this crap or is he just doing some ‘pride month’ pandering to get his company good PR? If he’s serious, what’s he going to do, ask interviewees their sexual preferences or how they self-identify? Set quotas? Wouldn’t that break some kind of anti-discrimination law? And how in the hell does he know that queers of all orientations and genders are being ‘turned away’ every day because of discrimination?
I’ve never heard anything like this. CEO’s don’t get to be CEO’s by making such nonsensical talk. I sure as hell don’t look forward to hearing this crap all month long every June.
I guess he has a hard time with the fact that cyber security is an actual thing. That some people, the cyber security guys, take seriously. Of course, that passion to do the job doesn’t carry over to the CEOs and CFOs, ie Colonial Pipeline, who could care less untold it’s too late
The folks in cyber security do real sh*t. All the liberal hipsters write code to figure out the next credit card processing app, the next social media platform, or discount hotel app so they can try and sell it and retire. Then become Instagram influencers.
Awesome timing on your post! Trellix had a filing on an RFQ for us and guess who just declined it?
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Cyber security would be way more secure if people who are more anal retentive were in charge
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