The cybersecurity skills shortage: A CISO perspective
CISOs have a clear view of the skills shortage and its impact on their organizations. They need to educate executives, adjust their programs, and champion proactive change.
Each year, Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) and the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) collaborate on a research project resulting in a report titled, The Life and Times of Cybersecurity Professionals. As part of this project, respondents are asked a series of questions about the global cybersecurity skills shortage.
According to the panel, the cybersecurity skills shortage is all too real and quite impactful. In 2023, 71% of respondents said their organization had been impacted by the cybersecurity skills shortage. (Author’s note: The 2024 research project is well underway, and results will be presented at the RSA Conference while this year’s eBook will be published soon afterward).
Of course, these results were no surprise. ESG and ISSA have been conducting this research project for eight years. Every year we ask this same question, and every year 60% to 75% of organizations claim they are impacted by the skills shortage. These results are similar to other research studies, such as the Cybersecurity Workforce Study from ISC2.
Source: CSO Online