On Thursday, October 28, U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo will join the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace to discuss efforts to strengthen the Nation’s cybersecurity workforce. The fireside chat will be introduced by the Carnegie Endowment’s newly announced President, California Supreme Court Justice Tino Cuéllar, and will be moderated by the Hon. Penny Pritzker, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce.
The Deputy Secretary will make the case that a larger cyber workforce would empower small and medium-sized businesses to bring on the talent they need to safely drive growth through technology adoption. Workers should have new opportunities to access STEM training and education, and then convert that experience into stable, good-paying jobs in a wide range of growing fields. The U.S. economy would benefit overall, allowing us to remain competitive abroad.
Deputy Secretary Adeyemo will note that collective efforts to narrow the cyber workforce gap should align with efforts to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion in the overall workforce. The cyber workforce is a microcosm of the larger inequities within the U.S labor market.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Strengthening and Diversifying America’s Cyber Workforce
WHO: U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker
WHEN: 10:00 a.m. ET, Thursday, October 28, 2021
WHERE: This virtual event will be livestreamed and open to the public here
