Cybersecurity Capabilities
In today's global landscape, our lives and our businesses are more digital, more online, more interconnected, and more vulnerable than ever. With bad actors on the rise and constantly finding new ways to infiltrate our best defenses, both businesses and individuals must be wary. A rise in cyber crime coupled with challenges filling important information security positions puts us all at greater risk.
Let’s Talk Numbers
61%: The number of cybersecurity professionals who believe their team is understaffed. And we all know what an understaffed team means:
Important projects slip through the cracks
Your team gets burned out — fast
You’re left vulnerable to cyberattacks
Filling these roles should be a top priority for businesses — but that’s far easier said than done.
3.5 Million: The number of cybersecurity jobs that went unfilled in 2023. The need for qualified, experienced security professionals is much higher than the number of these professionals that are active in the job market. Lucid’s account executives can help you make your positions the most attractive on the market, and our seasoned team of recruiters can find the top talent to fill them.
$10.5 Trillion: The amount that cyber crime is predicted to cost the world by 2025. The cost to your business’s reputation though? Too high to count.
300%: The amount cyber crime has risen since 2020. If it feel like things are more dangerous than ever before, that’s because they are.
Where Lucid Can Help
Businesses of all sizes can benefit from a staffing partner in order to successfully protect themselves with the right people. Lucid has extensive experience in encryption, network security, identity and access management, and security policy. Our recruiters can deliver top talent for even the most challenging positions and know exactly how to vet the right talent. Some of our areas of expertise include:
Identity and Access Management: Multi-factor Authentication (MFA), User and Identity Management, and Authorization are all important tools to keep your employees safe and your data secure. Lucid project delivery teams can help implement and strengthen your IAM to meet and exceed industry standards.
Security Policy: Your security policies should be in place well before you need them. Lucid can help you with change management, disaster recovery plans, incident response teams, and access control so you’re constantly prepared.
Encryption: Protect your data with encryption technology, including Ciphers, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), Data at Rest, Data In Motion, and Open SSL.
Network Security: Protect your people and your systems with Network Security teams, including Intrusion Prevention Systems, Firewall Governance and Configuration, Network Behavior Anomaly Detection, Cloud Access Security Brokers and Vulnerability Management.
Cybersecurity has never been more challenging, but it’s also never been more important. An experienced staffing partner is the smartest way you can protect your company from threats and ensure future success. Our team can help you staff, grow, and modernize your information security to protect what matters most.
The role of the CDAO in your journey to AI/ML
As businesses implement AI and Machine Learning, the role of the CDAO (Chief Data & Analytics Officer) has grown into an important piece of the puzzl.e
The leadership at Lucid Services Group recently attended SIA’s annual Executive Forum in Las Vegas. These conferences are always incredibly powerful and information on industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices all flow freely.
A consistent theme across several keynotes and many breakout sessions was AI. Like all the different customer personas that the staffing industry supports, we are all also looking internally at how we can leverage AI and ML for efficiency gains, separation and diversification, and better delivery.
The standout for Lucid, who supports Technology and Digital Transformation leaders, was the role that the CDAO (Chief Data & Analytics Officer) function can, and must, play in the successful adoption of AI/ML.
Lucid currently supports approximately 50 customers across 25 states—we aren’t huge, but we like to think we have a large enough footprint to keep our finger on the pulse of things—and we are absolutely seeing the CDAO function/organization:
Becoming better defined in all sizes of accounts
Gaining funding and headcount steadily
Wielding more power and gaining their “seat at the table”
As you implement the CDAO office on your journey to AI/ML, there are three important points to prioritize:
You will only succeed, and see return on investment, with AI if this function is involved early and often on any technical decisions and investments being made.
Your AI will only be as good as your data allows it to be—invest heavily in Master Data Management leaders and embed data-minded advocates directly into lines of business where the AI use-case is present
Start small, become internal experts, and model and massage your data to scale as your AI becomes more mature
Lucid already has many success stories to tell in our efforts supporting enterprises to grow and staff their Data Organizations. We are excited to play a critical role in the continued evolution in this space. The early work in these groups is typically require higher numbers of resources, but often finds a steady state with lower headcount than the initial efforts: a perfect use-case for flexible staffing/services. Please contact us here if you would like to learn more of our capabilities
SIA is the Staffing Industry Analysts, a world leader in our space. Not only do the offer powerful conferences for leaders of staffing companies, but they also provide powerful sessions for buyers of our services, contingent workforce leaders, and procurement experts. More information can be found here.
Looking for more info? We especially loved this webinar from Gartner and encourage you to take a listen!