Press Release: India Launches First-Ever Gov Cyber Training Program
CAMBRIDGE GLOBAL CEO & UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LECTURER, JAKE BRAUN, LEADS HISTORIC EFFORT TO MASSIVELY SCALE INDIA'S CYBER WORKFORCE
(Gujarat, India. March 21, 2018) This week, Cambridge Global Advisors (CGA) was proud to announce that CEO Jake Braun participated in a groundbreaking Cyber Security and Governance training effort for the Government of the Indian State of Gujarat. Conducted through the University of Chicago, where Braun also serves as a cyber policy lecturer, Braun helped to deliver cyber policy training more than 240 senior executives from the Government of Gujarat, India. The training culminated in an MOU signing and press event on Tuesday, March 20 that featured leaders from the partnership organizations: Dr. Rajiv Gupta, Additional Chief Secretary, Labour and Employment Department Government of Gujarat & M.D., GNFC Ltd. and Dr. Balaji Srinivasan, Vice President, University of Chicago.
Touted as the first-of-its-kind in India, the partnership is currently administering a "train the trainer" cybersecurity program that will help India achieve its goals of scaling a massive government cyber workforce in the next few years. Along with several new national policies that have critically impacted India's needs for government cyber jobs, the nation has already made historic moves to digitize its currency and implement a monumental biometric data program. Under the University of Chicago curriculum model, participating senior executives will, in turn, train thousands of students at India's Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) to fill cyber jobs and carry out government cyber operations critical to bolstering India's economy, positively impacting its global footprint, and safeguarding national security.
Of the training, Jake Braun said: "In this global and modern world, cybersecurity is an issue without borders. As more people come online, the challenge of filling cyber vacancies to meet evolving demand is a commonality that governments of all sizes encounter. I couldn't be more honored to support this mission in Gujarat, and to partner with the University of Chicago to equip what is soon-to-be one of the nation's largest cyber workforce bodies on the best policies and practices to keep all citizens safe and secure online."
With years' worth of experience in cyber policy and cyber workforce development issues, CGA is a strategic advisory services firm with deep expertise and experience at the global, national, state and local levels. The firm is currently working with U.S. government entities including the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to identify solutions and strategies to train and bolster its own cyber workforce.
Under the University of Chicago's program, Jake Braun is slated to conduct additional trainings over the coming months in Gujarat.
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