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Relative Performance Score (RPS) is a normalized metric that shows how performance compares to the defined competency-proficiency expectations for a role.

As companies seek to integrate AI into their businesses, we’re focused on Originality. Because an AI-driven world is not just about using the best technology, it’s also about finding and aligning the people who work with it. People who are AI-ready have an important skill: Original Intelligence—and now you can measure who has it.

A look at a few use cases where we’ve helped optimize workforce performance, offer guidance for talent acquisition and retention, and bring strategic clarity to skills gaps + strengths, role expectation alignment, and ROI on training initiatives.

The WiCyS Edge: WiCyS members outperformed peers in 16 of 20 NICE Framework areas, achieving an overall composite score 4 points higher—equivalent to nearly a 10% overall performance advantage—demonstrating standout technical and leadership strength.

This report is more than an evaluation—it is a call to action. For BGH. For employers. For policymakers. For everyone committed to building a cybersecurity industry that is technically strong, inclusive, and future ready. Underrepresented professionals are here. They are skilled. They are leading. Now it is time for industry to rise to the moment—with investment, inclusion, and intentional opportunity.

2026 is shaping up to be a year defined not by bold predictions, but by hard constraints and harder choices.

In their new report, FourOne Insights analyzes four structural shifts reshaping the workforce to show that the leaders who win in 2026 won’t be the ones with the best narratives about the future of work. They’ll be the leaders with a clear-eyed view of their talent economics – and the operational rigor to act on it.