There is a major shortage of cybersecurity professionals, with the equivalent of a major city worth of workers missing from the workforce. (ISC)2, the world’s largest professional organization for cybersecurity workers, estimates in the paper linked above that the cybersecurity workforce will have to increase by 65% to meet demand. By Nils Gerhardt.
Furthermore, we have seen increased cybersecurity threats and reduced employee training due to the COVID-19 pandemic, reducing the ability of professionals and new entrants into the field to train. Most worrying, new technology threatens to make existing cybersecurity skills obsolete and renders many of the forms of protection they rely on null.
The article discusses following:
- A lack of cybersecurity skills
- Emerging threats
- Preparing for a post-quantum world
It is apparent that the cybersecurity workforce will need to increase. Therefore, a large-scale realignment aimed at getting more qualified workers into the industry, helping decision-makers understand the issues and preparing the current and future workforce for a quantum computing age. Good read!
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