Growing Cyber Talent Through Public Private Partnerships 2025

Contributors Acknowledgements Abdullah Albaiz National Cybersecurity Authority of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia Bushra AlBlooshi Dubai Electronic Security Center (DESC), United Arab Emirates Ignacio Álvarez Álvarez Telefónica, Spain Sagy Bar Cyber Education Center, Israel Grant Bourzikas Cloudflare, USA Nicole Cader Absa Group, South Africa Mariana Cardona Clavijo Organization of American States, USA Giuseppe Cinque Cisco Systems, Italy Melonia Da Gama Fortinet, USA Stefanie Harter Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), GermanyLaura Jiménez Orgaz Banco Santander, Spain Atul Kumar Data Security Council of India (DSCI), India Anat Lewin World Bank, USA Vanja Madzgalj Western Balkans Cyber Capacity Centre, Montenegro Alberto Martinez Pellicer Telefónica, Spain Theoneste Ngiruwonsanga Smart Africa, Rwanda Jakub Olszewski Standard Chartered Bank, Poland Orhan Osmani International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Switzerland Alvin Piket Trellix, USA Sarah Powazek University of California, Berkeley, USALead authors Jael Amponsah Bempah Project Fellow, Bridging the Cyber Skills Gap, Centre for Cybersecurity Natasa Perucica Lead, Capacity Building, Centre for CybersecurityWorld Economic Forum Tal Goldstein Head of Strategy and Growth, Centre for Cybersecurity Akshay Joshi Head, Centre for Cybersecurity The World Economic Forum extends its gratitude to the members of the Bridging the Cyber Skills Gap initiative for their valuable insights and expertise, shared through a series of workshops and one-on-one interviews. Additionally, the Forum wishes to acknowledge Ariel Nowersztern (Inter-American Development Bank) for his contributions. Bridging the Cyber Skills Gap initiative Growing Cyber Talent Through Public–Private Partnerships 18