EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

New forms of cyberattacks are evolving daily. And, the bad guys seems to have no trouble recruiting hackers to the dark side. Not so with the good guys, who are looking for cybersecurity talent and falling short. To address this, Immersive Labs, a UK organization, is rolling out a new training platform called The Digital Cyber Academy that is positioned as “gamification at its best.”

As Douglas Heaven writes in The New Scientist, the game-based training program is designed to appeal to those outside of the traditional paths to IT roles, regardless of their backgrounds. And in fact, it can help spot hidden cybersecurity talents.

Read the full story at The New Scientist.