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News organisation, but also to enhance its accessibility in certain mar- But in other areas, there is still work to be done. “On the gender
kets in the global south, where the extra punctuation was proving side, compared to our overall membership it’s good, but we’re still

How the chip sector somewhat problematic. not getting past some barriers,” says Rosso. “Approximately 12%
is gearing up for of ISC2 members are women, and it’s getting closer to 25% on
the AI revolution
A boost to cyber diversity the programme, but that’s not good enough.
Indeed, at the time of writing, those working in markets in the “There are barriers that we know about – among them being
How ISC2 aims
to overcome global south have been the most eager to avail themselves of individuals without access to mentors from their peer group. And
cyber barriers the One Million Certified programme. The US and UK are the first qualitatively we know that because of the rigour of ISC2 exams,
and third largest markets, respectively, people can be nervous about taking
Editor’s comment and in between them sits India. them, which seems to be the case no
“One thing that has been interesting “In emergIng markets, matter what, but seems to be more the

Buyer’s guide is that in emerging markets, this has case with women,” she says.
to the future of been a big door-opener,” she says. [the programme] Is helpIng What can be done to tackle this nerv-
business software
“People have been saying it’s help- ousness? Rosso sat the entry-level
ing them get their feet in the door, and [people] get theIr feet In the exam herself and says she was con-
Harnessing large
language models save money for whatever comes next.” door, and save money for fident in her abilities, having passed
for education The scheme has so far seen 300,000 similar tests before, but confesses her-
people begin their learning journey, whatever comes next” self “amazed” at how worried the other
about 75,000 of whom have sat their candidates she met at the Pearson
exams and 32,000 have become certi- Clar rosso, IsC2 VUE test centre were.
fied. Rosso is clearly pleased with the “The stress is real, so we’ve intro-
impact she has observed so far. duced, to test this theory, an exam
Right now, the ISC2 team is in the process of a data discovery peace of mind package, where you can buy one exam and, for a
exercise to find out more about who these individuals are and lower price, get a retake, which has been massively successful.
what they are doing after becoming certified. Rosso has already There are people who understand they may fail the first time, but
discovered that in developed markets such as the UK, there has if they’re not on the hook for $700-plus on the second go, they’re
been a significant increase in the percentage of people of colour more inclined to stick with it,” she says. “There are also exam
taking its courses. readiness webinars, where people can ask last-minute questions,

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