Bridging the Gap – How Cyber Skills Impact Operational Readiness

Faith Bateman

Sector Director for Defence & Intelligence

Elastic

Max Vetter

VP of Cyber

Immersive Labs

Alf Franklin

AVP Public Sector

Elastic

Strategic Conversations with Defence Leaders

The cybersecurity talent shortage isn’t just a hiring challenge – it’s a direct threat to mission assurance. This episode explores how defence and industry leaders can rethink recruitment, reskilling, and retention to build mission-ready cyber forces.

From transferable skills to cross-domain talent strategies, we’ll examine how the right people – in the right roles – are critical to maintaining operational advantage in today’s digital battlespace.

• The operational risks of unfilled cyber roles
• Rethinking retention: from career paths to culture
• Reskilling and cross-functional talent strategies
• Building cyber resilience across defence ecosystems

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Additional resources

Continue watching the series:

• Smarter Security – How AI is transforming threat detection and analyst workflows
• Governed by Design - How defence leaders are aligning AI innovation with compliance
• Decisions at Speed – How defence leaders are unifying data for real-time insight