It’s no secret that companies are facing a huge cybersecurity talent shortage. The word’s been out for several years that many high-paying positions requiring cybersecurity skills are going unfilled.
Unfortunately, broadcasting the cybersecurity skills gap hasn’t done enough to increase the cyber workforce. Indeed, the vast majority of cyber professionals (95%) believe the skills gap has not improved over the past few years, and nearly half (44%) believe it has gotten worse, according to research from Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) and analyst firm Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), a TechTarget division.
How big is the gap? Cyberseek reported there are around 1.1 million people employed in cybersecurity in the U.S., but over 700,000 unfilled positions are currently available. Worldwide, the cyber workforce shortfall is approximately 3.5 million people, according to Cybersecurity Ventures.
Meanwhile, as organizations compete against each other to acquire the scarce talent available, cybersecurity salaries keep escalating, meaning that organizations can’t afford to hire as many cybersecurity workers. The existing workforce is asked to take on more work, which in turn causes burnout, the ISSA study found.
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The result is that companies, government agencies, educational institutions and other organizations have weaker security in place than they should, putting all of their employees, customers and constituents at increased risk of data breaches, privacy violations, financial fraud and other adverse consequences.
Bridging this vast gap requires understanding why the cybersecurity skills shortage exists and persists. This article explores that and proposes several ways that IT leaders and their organizations can address the underlying problems.
Many factors have come together to cause the cybersecurity skills gap. Here are the top five causes:
There’s no way to bridge the cybersecurity skills gap overnight, but organizations can start making progress today by doing the following three things:
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