The cybersecurity staffing and skills shortage is a well-known reality and the situation is predicted to get worse in the coming years.
There are many problems
There are several reasons for the current situation:
Organizations are asking for too much and offering too little (money). Organizations are asking job candidates to have a lot of skills and experience, but offer meagre compensation.
Organizations are discouraging many potential candidates from applying for jobs by asking for too many skills right off the bat.
Security leaders are not actively recruiting (and they should be).
By asking candidates to have security certifications, they are needlessly limiting the candidate pool to those who had the time, travel, and money necessary to achieve them.
Most long-time infosec pros “stumbled” into the field, and security leaders can’t depend solely ..
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