The Cyber Talent Gap and Cybersecurity Professionalizing

2020 ◽  
pp. 56-63
Author(s):  
Calvin Nobles
Keyword(s):  
National Level ◽  
Professional Associations ◽  
Cyber Attack ◽  
Public Agencies

Two significant issues loom throughout the cybersecurity domain. The first is the shortage of cybersecurity professionals and the second quandary is the lack of minimum entry standards in cybersecurity. Some organizations' cybersecurity operations are suffering due to the cybersecurity talent gap accompanied by the increasing sophistication and number of cyber-attack attempts. The shortage of cyber talent is rampant in private entities as in public agencies, which highlights the resolve for entry standards into cybersecurity to enhance the professionalization. Researchers and practitioners provide countless recommendations for ameliorating the cybersecurity workforce by addressing the professionalization issue. Professional associations are the nexus of cybersecurity and possess the expertise, leadership, and sustenance to spearhead efforts to develop national-level strategies to resolve the talent gap and establish professionalization standards.

The Cyber Talent Gap and Cybersecurity Professionalizing

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Calvin Nobles
Keyword(s):  
National Level ◽  
Professional Associations ◽  
Cyber Attack ◽  
Public Agencies

Two significant issues loom throughout the cybersecurity domain. The first is the shortage of cybersecurity professionals and the second quandary is the lack of minimum entry standards in cybersecurity. Some organizations' cybersecurity operations are suffering due to the cybersecurity talent gap accompanied by the increasing sophistication and number of cyber-attack attempts. The shortage of cyber talent is rampant in private entities as in public agencies, which highlights the resolve for entry standards into cybersecurity to enhance the professionalization. Researchers and practitioners provide countless recommendations for ameliorating the cybersecurity workforce by addressing the professionalization issue. Professional associations are the nexus of cybersecurity and possess the expertise, leadership, and sustenance to spearhead efforts to develop national-level strategies to resolve the talent gap and establish professionalization standards.

scholarly journals Barriers to Biosimilar Prescribing Incentives in the Context of Clinical Governance in Spain

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 283
Author(s):  
Félix Lobo ◽  
Isabel Río-Álvarez
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
National Level ◽  
Professional Associations ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Clinical Governance ◽  
Monetary Incentives ◽  
Public System ◽  
The Public ◽  
Micro Level

Incentives contribute to the proper functioning of the broader contracts that regulate the relationships between health systems and professionals. Likewise, incentives are an important element of clinical governance understood as health services’ management at the micro-level, aimed at achieving better health outcomes for patients. In Spain, monetary and non-monetary incentives are sometimes used in the health services, but not as frequently as in other countries. There are already several examples in European countries of initiatives searching the promotion of biosimilars through different sorts of incentives, but not in Spain. Hence, this paper is aimed at identifying the barriers that incentives to prescribe biosimilars might encounter in Spain, with particular interest in incentives in the framework of clinical governance. Both questions are intertwined. Barriers are presented from two perspectives. Firstly, based on the nature of the barrier: (i) the payment system for health professionals, (ii) budget rigidity and excessive bureaucracy, (iii) little autonomy in the management of human resources (iv) lack of clinical integration, (v) absence of a legal framework for clinical governance, and (vi) other governance-related barriers. The second perspective is based on the stakeholders involved: (i) gaps in knowledge among physicians, (ii) misinformation and distrust among patients, (iii) trade unions opposition to productivity-related payments, (iv) lack of a clear position by professional associations, and (v) misalignment of the goals pursued by some healthcare professionals and the goals of the public system. Finally, the authors advance several recommendations to overcome these barriers at the national level.

scholarly journals Incorporation of international risk management standards into federal regulations

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-78
Author(s):  
Flávio Sergio Rezende Nunes de Souza ◽  
Marcus Vinícius de Azevedo Braga ◽  
Armando Santos Moreira da Cunha ◽  
Patrick Del Bosco de Sales
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Professional Associations ◽  
Public Agencies ◽  
Corporate Risk Management ◽  
Management Standards ◽  
Iso 31000 ◽  
Corporate Risk ◽  
International Risk Management

Abstract The issue of risk management has gained attention in the field of administration due to the dissemination of international frameworks. In Brazilian federal public administration, risk management is a recent and expanding practice. This research analyzes how international corporate risk management frameworks have been adopted by the federal government through regulations and guidelines. The study adopts the concepts of coercive, normative, and mimetic forces from the neo-institutional theory, and examines the presence of international norms in the Brazilian regulations. Through a qualitative approach, content analysis in documents, norms, interviews, and seminars was used to identify traits of the COSO ERM and ISO 31000/2009 frameworks, which were chosen based on relevance. Results identify important actors pushing for the use of international frameworks, such as international organizations, professional associations, and public agencies, especially those related to government audits. Despite the strong international influence, the Brazilian norms are adapted to the organizations’ context and allowing the maintenance of national autonomy.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF PROFESSIONAL TOURISM ASSOCIATIONS IN LATVIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 757
Author(s):  
Daina Vinklere
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
National Level ◽  
Professional Associations ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Tourism Management ◽  
The Republic

After regaining independence in 1991, various sectors of the tourism industry in Latvia are united in professional associations. They represent various stakeholders of the industry in all processes important for tourism development and are part of the tourism management system of Latvia. So far, there has been no specific research conducted on the role of professional tourism organisations in Latvia. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to evaluate the achievements and future prospects of the activities performed by the national level professional tourism associations of Latvia. The empirical part of the research is based on the qualitative research methods – document analysis and structured interviews with board members and members of associations, as well as with a senior official at the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Latvia. Research results reveal that the role of those organisations in Latvia is valuable and bring about a positive impact on the tourism industry. Despite the variety of opinions, the majority of interviewees believe that in the course of the next 5 years there will be an increasingly strong influence of associations on the development of tourism in Latvia.  

Skills for Electronic Service Delivery in Public Agencies

2011 ◽  
pp. 2409-2424
Author(s):  
Salvador Parrado
Keyword(s):  
Information Management ◽  
National Level ◽  
Oecd Countries ◽  
Public Agencies ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
Government Services ◽  
Service Community ◽  
Electronic Service ◽  
Skill Gaps ◽  
Community Information

The text analyses the strategy of OECD countries in order to introduce the needed skills for launching e-government services at the national level. The chapter further establishes the four sets of e-government related skills that are needed within the three relevant communities of public servants: information technology community, information management community and service community. It additionally discusses the framework to identify skill gaps through the revision of different assessment toolkits. Finally, it offers an overview of how ICT-related skills can be outsourced. This chapter draws on documents, policy papers and interviews with experts and managers of national e-government strategies from OECD countries.

Professional Associations at the National Level: A Survey of Their Major Interests

IFLA Journal ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 237-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josephine Riss Fang ◽  
Alice H. Songe
Keyword(s):  
National Level ◽  
Professional Associations

scholarly journals Incorporação de modelos internacionais de gerenciamento de riscos na normativa federal

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-78
Author(s):  
Flávio Sergio Rezende Nunes de Souza ◽  
Marcus Vinícius de Azevedo Braga ◽  
Armando Santos Moreira da Cunha ◽  
Patrick Del Bosco de Sales
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Professional Associations ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Public Agencies ◽  
Corporate Risk Management ◽  
National Autonomy ◽  
Iso 31000 ◽  
Corporate Risk

Abstract The issue of risk management has gained attention in the field of administration due to the dissemination of international frameworks. In Brazilian federal public administration, risk management is a recent and expanding practice. This research analyzes how international corporate risk management frameworks have been adopted by the federal government through regulations and guidelines. The study adopts the concepts of coercive, normative, and mimetic forces from the neo-institutional theory, and examines the presence of international norms in the Brazilian regulations. Through a qualitative approach, content analysis in documents, norms, interviews, and seminars was used to identify traits of the COSO ERM and ISO 31000/2009 frameworks, which were chosen based on relevance. Results identify important actors pushing for the use of international frameworks, such as international organizations, professional associations, and public agencies, especially those related to government audits. Despite the strong international influence, the Brazilian norms are adapted to the organizations’ context and allowing the maintenance of national autonomy.

Advocacy for neurology: Local, regional, and national

2019 ◽  
pp. 135-152
Author(s):  
Apoorva Pauranik
Keyword(s):  
Support Groups ◽  
Local Level ◽  
National Level ◽  
Professional Associations ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
Education And Awareness ◽  
Spatial Axis ◽  
Different Levels

The spectrum of advocacy for neurology is very wide. This chapter aims to describe and analyse advocacy on the geographical or spatial axis—that is, advocacy at the local level (micro), regional level (meso), and national level (macro). These distinctions may appear arbitrary with hazy boundaries and many overlaps. Yet they serve a tangible purpose for the sake of our understanding. The first two main sections dwell upon (i) education and awareness at different levels and (ii) engagement with various institutions of government. The later three briefer sections cover (iii) role of patient support groups; (iv) roping in of charities, non-government organizations (NGOs), and celebrities; and finally (v) advocacy within our own professional associations. This chapter will cite examples of a wide variety of advocacy actions plans for neurology, so that more action plans can be conceived and executed at various levels. Another chapter of this book deals with advocacy at the international level (Chapter 14, ‘Advocacy in the international arena’). This chapter concludes with an emphasis on role of humanities as an aid in advocacy efforts, the need for a balance between vertical and horizontal approaches to healthcare, and the importance of research into efficacy of advocacy.

Strengthening the public health workforce in Slovakia through professionalization

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Z Katreniakova ◽  
D Kallayova
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Workforce ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
National Level ◽  
Professional Associations ◽  
Public Health Workforce ◽  
Public Health Authority ◽  
Individual Member ◽  
The Public

Abstract Issue The Coalition of Partners (CoP) takes collective action to strengthen public health (PH) services and capacities across the WHO European Region. A review of the implementation of the European Action Plan for Strengthening PH Capacities and Services showed that, despite robust action, its potential remained largely unrealized. In 2017-2018 Slovakia has joined the WHO activities aimed to accelerate a progress in Europe and in individual Member States. One of the main problem of the Slovak PH system is a lack of experts and unbalanced infrastructure. Description of the problem The critical shortage of PH workforce in Slovakia is a result of increasing retirement of physicians, decreasing interest of young physicians and PH professionals to enter to PH practice, and limited opportunities for other professionals in the current PH system. Therefore, the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Public Health Authority of the SR, the relevant academic institutions and non-governmental organisations agreed to deal with strengthening the PH workforce and took the responsibility for mobilizing the resources needed to implement the Agenda for Action. Results In September 2019, regional PH institutes, universities, professional associations, and other experts were invited to evaluate the PH workforce professionalization using a rapid assessment tool (Czabanowska, Slock, 2019). In October-December 2019, three national round tables were held with aim to formulate the areas for cooperation. In February 2020, the core team and three expertś teams were nominated by the State secretary of the MOH to continue on prioritising the future recommendations in the fields of: education and training, research and development, system and financing. Lessons The initiative supporting PH professionalization has a potential to form a national CoP on strengthening PH capacities and services. Its long-term vision is focused on effectively and efficiently governed PH system in Slovakia. Key messages In Slovakia, strengthening the public health workforce is essential. Started cooperation on supporting public health professionalization is an important step for future actions at national level.

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