75 Percent of Organizations Lack Skilled Cyber Security Professionals Worldwide

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Oct 21, 2016
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There would be a shortfall of 1.5 million trained cyber security professionals by 2020. IT security professionals are increasingly using technology solutions to fill in the gap

Only 25% of IT security professionals were confident that their organizations have the number of skilled cyber security experts needed to effectively detect and respond to a serious cyber security breach, according to a latest study by Tripwire, an enterprise security and compliance solutions provider. In addition, 69% of IT security professionals in the global survey said that their organization faced increased security risks due to the lack of skilled cyber security experts.

Despite the high demand for skilled cyber security professionals, businesses have encountered a shortage in the workforce. A similar study by Frost & Sullivan estimated that by 2020 there will be a shortfall of 1.5 million trained cyber security professionals.

Additional findings from the survey included:

72% of the respondents had challenges hiring skilled cyber security experts
Half of the respondents (50%) said that their organizations do not have an effective program to recruit, train and retain skilled cyber security experts
69% of the respondents have attempted to use technology solutions to fill a gap left by a lack of skilled cyber security experts

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