FOREWORD The need to build a skilled cyber workforce
With research suggesting staff deficits could be putting businesses at risk of cyberattacks , building a skilled and competent cyber workforce is essential
“ Staff deficits could be putting businesses at a ‘ moderate ’ or ‘ extreme ’ risk of a cyberattack ”
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Last year , research suggested that the global cyber workforce today stands at 4.7 million . But while this number is the highest ever recorded by ( ISC )², the cybersecurity workforce is still in urgent need of more professionals .
Despite adding 464,000 more cybersecurity professionals in the previous year , ( ISC )²’ s Cybersecurity Workforce Study for 2022 revealed that 3.4 million more cybersecurity workers are needed to secure assets effectively .
As organisations face a shortage of cybersecurity workers , staff deficits could be putting businesses at a ‘ moderate ’ or ‘ extreme ’ risk of a cyberattack .
To combat this , building a skilled and competent cyber workforce is essential . On this subject , this month we spoke to Prof Kevin Curran , IEEE senior member and professor of cybersecurity at Ulster university .
“ Even now , it is hard to find cybersecurity staff with good experience in this area ,” he told us . “ As the technology evolves , new challenges will arise resulting in even more high paying specialist jobs in this area .”
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