https://www.csoonline.com/article/3359365/navigating-a-challenging-cybersecurity-skills-landscape.html
By Chris Dimitriadis
Contributor
CSO
March 12, 2019
As much as tools and technology evolve in the cybersecurity industry,
organizations remain reliant on clever, well-trained humans with incisive
critical thinking skills to protect themselves from the perilous cyber threat
landscape. But just as the threat landscape continues to expand, so, too, does
the corresponding skills gap that puts organizations at risk of major financial
losses and irreversible damage to their brand reputations.
Finding and retaining a sufficient pool of qualified cybersecurity
professionals grows ever more challenging, as reflected in ISACA’s recent State
of Cybersecurity 2019 research. The retention piece can be especially
problematic, particularly for organizations that face substantial resource
limitations. Better financial incentives, such as higher salaries and more
lucrative bonuses, overwhelmingly came across as the top reason why
cybersecurity professionals change jobs, with other considerations such as
career development opportunities and better work culture/environment also
factoring in among the leading reasons.
The State of Cybersecurity 2019 report reveals several problematic data points
about the current cybersecurity workforce outlook, including:
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