CSCP S03EP12 - Jonathan Slater - Reskilling and starting in cyber

<p></p> <p> </p> <p class="p1"><a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/jtslater/'>Jonathan Slater</a> is one of three Co-founders at <a href='https://capslock.ac/'>Capslock</a>, a cyber security education start-up tackling the cybersecurity skills gap and helping adults re-skill. CAPSLOCK has raised over £1m pre-seed funding and re-skilled over 200 UK adults in cyber security in 2021. </p> <p>Jonathan's previous career as a recruiter made him realise there was a gap in the market and he sat down with the other two female co-founders and started capslock.</p> <p>To note capslock is one of the rare startups, luckily more and more common, that is made for more than 50% by a female cofounder.</p> <p class="p1"> </p> <p>The episode is brought to you by AppSec Phoenix Ltd with the Phoenix platform you can make Vulnerability management for software and organization SMART.  Follow the tag #appsecsmart</p> <p><a href='https://www.appsecphoenix.com'>https://www.appsecphoenix.com</a> get a free 30-day licence quoting CSCP <a href='https://landing.appsecphoenix.com/register'>https://landing.appsecphoenix.com/register</a></p> <p></p> <p>Capslock Team</p> <p>0.00           Introduction</p> <p>0.35           Jonathan’s background</p> <p>1.04           Welcome Jonathan</p> <p>3.30           The state of the industry</p> <p>6.30           Education catch up</p> <p>7.35           The importance of soft skills</p> <p>10.05         Gender diversity and unconscious bias</p> <p>16.36         Measuring potential</p> <p>18.40         Team based learning/diversity of thought</p> <p>23.00         The curriculum</p> <p>26.15         Cyber – the multidisciplinary field</p> <p>27.35         Avoiding career redundancy</p> <p>29.15         Start-up life</p> <p>30.24         Working remotely</p> <p>31.08         Maintaining good mental health</p> <p>32.48         Positive message</p> <p>33.50         Conclusion</p> <p class="p1"> </p> <p class="p1">Jonathan Slater</p> <p class="p1"> </p> <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/company/capslockuk'>https: