ISC2 launches Cyber-AI Workforce Coalition to define AI security roles and hiring toolkits
ISC2 announced its Cyber-AI Workforce Coalition on October 20. CEO Scott Beale, who took the role in December 2025, described it as a vendor-neutral convener on how AI is changing cybersecurity jobs. It will bring together HR managers, CISOs, large employers of security practitioners, standard-setting bodies and government representatives. The coalition will not create new standards or frameworks. Instead it will produce toolkits to help employers describe, hire for and organize AI security roles, and to help practitioners build the expertise employers need. The first meeting is planned for November, with a first set of toolkits expected by spring 2027 and piloted by some companies. This is industry and workforce news with no direct threat to defenders.
Detalhes técnicos
- The toolkits aim to answer how cybersecurity jobs are changing, how employers write job descriptions for new roles, and how candidates prepare to interview for them.
- Beale noted that NIST and others are updating standards and frameworks, but employers still lack resources for advertising and filling AI security roles. Job descriptions differ widely between sectors, for example banks and hospitals.
- ISC2 is also working on a new AI security certification, which Beale said will be part of the answer but not the only solution.
- The tools are expected to eventually be available to everyone, not just ISC2 members, and could help universities and certification bodies adapt curriculums.
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ISC2 launches Cyber-AI Workforce Coalition to define AI security roles and hiring toolkits
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ISC2 announced its Cyber-AI Workforce Coalition on October 20. CEO Scott Beale, who took the role in December 2025, described it as a vendor-neutral convener on how AI is changing cybersecurity jobs. It will bring together HR managers, CISOs, large employers of security practitioners, standard-setting bodies and government representatives. The coalition will not create new standards or frameworks. Instead it will produce toolkits to help employers describe, hire for and organize AI security roles, and to help practitioners build the expertise employers need. The first meeting is planned for November, with a first set of toolkits expected by spring 2027 and piloted by some companies. This is industry and workforce news with no direct threat to defenders.
Technical Details
- The toolkits aim to answer how cybersecurity jobs are changing, how employers write job descriptions for new roles, and how candidates prepare to interview for them.
- Beale noted that NIST and others are updating standards and frameworks, but employers still lack resources for advertising and filling AI security roles. Job descriptions differ widely between sectors, for example banks and hospitals.
- ISC2 is also working on a new AI security certification, which Beale said will be part of the answer but not the only solution.
- The tools are expected to eventually be available to everyone, not just ISC2 members, and could help universities and certification bodies adapt curriculums.