As for me, I’m not sure how ISC2 derived its numbers, but according to new research from the ISSA and my former employer ESG, 63% of cybersecurity professionals say that their organization has been impacted by the global cybersecurity skills shortage, leading to increasing workloads, an inability to optimize existing security technologies, and staff burnout. Oh, and by the way, cybersecurity professionals have been saying these things for many years.
Where are cyber staffing shortages the most acute?
As part of the research, we also asked organizations about their ability to recruit and hire cybersecurity professionals. The data indicated that onboarding remained a challenge: 11% reported it was extremely difficult to recruit and hire cybersecurity professionals, 30% claimed it was difficult, and 43% admitted it was somewhat difficult.
Whatever you might believe, the numbers keep showing us that there’s some type of chronic cybersecurity skills shortage in play. Where is it hitting organizations the hardest? Three of the top four areas included cloud computing security (33%), application security (33%), and security operations (24%).
