This webinar, part of the Cyber Resilient Regions Community (CRR) initiative by ECSO, Tuscany Region, Major Cities of Europe, and EU City ISAC I4C+, delves into one of the most pressing challenges for European Public Administrations: how to attract, recruit, and retain cybersecurity professionals.
A European Local and Regional Authority (LRAs) or even a national Public Administration (PAs) in Europe faces challenges in the scouting phase, in recruitment and hiring process and in relation to employee retention rates. Through expert insights and regional case studies, the event explores strategies to address the talent gap in public administrations at all levels of governance.
Participants will gain valuable insights into overcoming challenges such as competing with private sector salaries, designing effective job profiles, and fostering collaborations with universities. The webinar will address the following key questions:
- How can the LRAs/PAs compete with higher salaries and benefits offered by the private sector?
- How can the LRAs/PAs design job profiles that meet their needs?
- How can the LRAs/PAs identify and attract skilled workers and ensure that they apply for positions
within the LRAs/PAs? - How can the LRAs/PAs motivate their cyber workers to stay?
- How can a LRAs/PAs cooperate with universities to stimulate interest towards working in a
LRAs/PAs? - How can an LRAs/PAs leverage upon institutional constraints in the recruitment process to their
benefit?
Agenda:
- 10:00 – 10:05 Introduction – Francisco Andrade e Silva, Manager, European Cybersecurity
Organisation (ECSO)
- 10:05 – 10:15 Keynote Presentation – Daniel Murray, Managing Director, Cybershark
Recruitment
- 10:15 – 10:30 The Challenges and Programmes of Local and Regional Authorities (LRAs)
o Gianluca Vannuccini, CIO, Tuscany Region
o Ivan Monforte Fugarolas, Crisis Management and Cybersecurity Expert, Catalonia Region
- 10:30 – 11:30 Online Roundtable: “HIRING4CYBER in European Public Administrations”.
Moderator: Oliver Schwabe, Chair of City ISAC I4C+ & Cybersecurity Manager, EU City ISAC I4C+.
- 10:30 – 11:00 1st Roundtable topic: Awareness and Hiring Process – how to ensure that
LRAs can attract the cybersecurity professionals they are looking for to their teams.
- 11:00 – 11:25 2nd Roundtable topic: Managing and Retaining – how an LRA can manage
their team to maximise the retention rate of cybersecurity professionals.
- 11:25 – 11:30 Conclusions and next steps
We look forward to your participation and to building a stronger, more connected cybersecurity community together!
