Study Finds 145% Growth in Skilled Cyber Workforce Needed to Reduce Security Concerns
Hikvision Blogs Outline Tips to Prevent Hacks, Cybersecurity Concerns
The Security magazine article, “Cybersecurity Workforce Needs to Grow 145 Percent to Close Skills Gap,” outlines security concerns from the 2019 Cybersecurity Workforce Study by non-profit ISC2, which estimates the market has a current shortage of more than 400,000 skilled cybersecurity professionals.
“We’ve been evolving our research approach for 15 years to get to this point today, where we can confidently estimate the current workforce and better understand what it will take as an industry to add enough professionals to protect our critical assets. Perhaps more importantly, the study provides actionable insights and strategies for building and growing strong cybersecurity teams. Knowing where we stand and the delta that needs to be filled is a powerful step along the pathway to overcoming our industry’s staffing challenges,” said Wesley Simpson, COO at ISC2, in the article.
Additional findings of the study include:
- A top concern among survey respondents at 36 percent is a lack of skilled and experience security personnel.
- 48 percent of those surveyed stated their security training budgets will increase in the next year.
- 59 percent of cybersecurity professional are pursuing new security certifications, or plan to do so, in the next year.
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