
The Rising Need for a Robust Cybersecurity Workforce
ISACA report predicts a global shortage of over 2 million cybersecurity experts by the year 2019. In Europe alone, the skill gap shortage is expected to reach 350,000 workers by the year 2022.
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CIO Applications Europe | Friday, July 26, 2019

The evolving nature of cyberattacks is making it necessary for organizations to assemble security teams with robust capabilities to thwart the threats.
FREMONT, CA – The range of cyber threats in the industrial sector is steadily expanding with the growing sophistication of attack vectors. Conventional security teams can no longer effectively secure the organization infrastructure due to the lack of personnel skilled enough to thwart the modern cybercriminals. Also, assigning an adequate budget and retaining the workforce has become difficult for most organizations.
ISACA report predicts a global shortage of over 2 million cybersecurity experts by the year 2019. In Europe alone, the skill gap shortage is expected to reach 350,000 workers by the year 2022. The statistics reveal the rising predicament, and not all organizations possess the necessary tools to deal with it effectively.
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Hence, organizations must put together efficient security teams with the essential skills to maintain a secure operating ecosystem. The security team is responsible for the organization’s security processes, and its roles have evolved with technology over the years. The information security processes include risk, technical IT operations, legal, audit.
The lack of a consensual definition of the security functions has led to the formation of a security workforce, which is disjoint. Although employees working different processes such as threat intelligence, business continuity, and security operations all contribute to the security, they rarely work together as a single workforce.
The widening cyber skills gap is escalating into international security and economic issue. Governments around the world are realizing the threat of cyber attacks to national integrity and are endorsing the accommodation of more diverse backgrounds into the security manifold. It will not only help organizations reduce the skill shortage, but also to promote a safer environment for the progressively connected society.
The dip in adequate skills and security capabilities are adversely affecting the performance and reputation of established organizations. Building a robust and skilled security workforce is vital to address the challenges and deliver lasting cybersecurity tech in the digital age. To efficiently fill the skill gaps, organizations will have to enhance their approaches of hiring, training, and collaborating. The rigid conventional method of identifying candidates, coupled with the under-staffed and over-stressed workforce, can no longer stand against the continuously evolving cyber threats. The cyberattacks and defense systems will keep advancing and becoming more sophisticated. Hence, organizations should maintain their security measures up to date.
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