It is widely reported that there is a lack of skilled cybersecurity professionals available to fill vacant positions. This information stems directly from industry-insider studies and surveys. For instance, the “2018 Cybersecurity Workforce Study” from the International Information System Security Certification Consortium (ISC)² estimates a global shortage of nearly 3 million cybersecurity professionals. Also noteworthy within the study is that 63% of the 1,452 participants reported shortages of cybersecurity staff within their own organizations.
Furthermore, most of the respondents believe these workforce deficiencies place their companies
at moderate-to-extreme risk of cybersecurity attacks.
These observations continue trends observed in the cybersecurity news site, Dark Reading’s, 2017 report, “Surviving the IT Security Skills Shortage,” where 86% of the 400 Information Technology (IT) and security professionals surveyed believed there were not enough skilled security professionals available to meet market demands. This same study noted that 77% of IT managers do not believe their teams are properly trained to combat the latest security threats.
