It seems like it’s getting harder to hire for security roles, just as attacks grow more sophisticated. Here’s some advice to ease recruiting — and nurture security talent in-house. By Jennifer Riggins.
The International Information System Security Certification Consortium’s (ISC²) annual cybersecurity workforce study found a worldwide gap of 3.4 million cybersecurity workers — and that’s after this workforce grew just over 11% from 2021 to 2022, adding 464,000 jobs last year alone.
This isn’t just a risk of burnout among the current security staff, but a risk to the whole organization. The same study found that a significant percentage of the 11,779 practitioners and decision makers it surveyed reported that the following things that they have experienced might have been mitigated if they had enough cybersecurity staff.
Some of topics covered in the article:
- Broad job descriptions scare off candidates
- Sell the purpose in cybersecurity roles
- Biggest barriers to filling security jobs
- How to improve hiring processes
- Upskilling for security skills in-house
- Security hiring amplifies tech’s diversity woes
Cybersecurity hiring processes are notoriously gatekeeping, even for the tech industry. Every person interviewed for this piece cited a person’s network as the most common way to find a cybersecurity job — and building that network often favors people who have the time and money to attend conferences. Interesting read!
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