Webinar | Hiring Blind: Higher Ed's Hidden Skills Crisis

This webinar is a part of the EDUCAUSE Industry Insights series.

Higher education institutions face a perfect storm: fierce competition for cybersecurity talent, limited budgets, and increasingly sophisticated threats targeting campus environments. IT and security leaders struggle with two critical questions: how do you know if candidates truly possess the hands-on skills they claim, and can your current team handle emerging cybersecurity threats? Learn why traditional approaches to validating technical capabilities fall short, and see a live demonstration of AI-powered skills verification—a tool already being used in pilot programs across the government. See firsthand how this shift toward skills-based validation will reshape hiring practices and career progression as the workforce shifts from credential-focused to capability-focused. We'll share practical strategies for how to identify hidden skills gaps within your current team and how you can make confident hiring decisions that maximize your limited resources. Walk away with actionable tactics to build the skilled teams your campus needs.

Learning Outcomes:

• Discover how AI-powered skills verification validates hands-on cybersecurity capabilities beyond traditional credentials and interviews.
• Identify hidden skills gaps within your current IT and security teams to prioritize training investments.
• Make confident hiring decisions by assessing candidates' actual technical abilities, and not just their resumes.
• Build a roadmap to maintain skilled security teams despite higher education's budget and talent retention challenges.