Bulletproof began as a small cybersecurity firm two decades ago, mostly doing consulting or what it is often called ethical hacking, providing a third-party audit to ensure that a customer’s systems are secure and can withstand an attack. It’s still the bread-and-butter of what Bulletproof does because it’s more mature globally as a required service thanks to government regulations and insurance demands.
“But at the same time, you can’t build a senior tenure-pedigree person with a high school diploma and six months’ training. So you have to pick your battles and where we build anything, we build our junior resources, those entry-level positions, and we’ve seen some good success with that.” “No one thought that the pacemaker in your heart would be a cybersecurity issue. Now it is. Because many medical devices are prone to attack. Even my watch can be attacked. Anything you can think of that’s connected to the internet can be hacked.”
“The labour shortage is in everything. It’s a huge challenge. The projection is that in six or seven years, we’ll need 40% more in the cybersecurity workforce worldwide. And that’s much higher than any one country is graduating into this field.”Article content