#ISC2Congress: Cybersecurity Recruitment Is in a Dangerous Crisis

The recruiting methods being used in the cybersecurity industry are so dire that they pose a national security threat. 

In an exclusive interview with Infosecurity Magazine at the (ISC)² Security Congress in Orlando, Florida, the founder and CEO of cybersecurity research and staffing firm CyberSN and of BrainBabe, Deidre Diamond, described recruitment in cybersecurity as "a crisis in a crisis in a crisis."

Diamond said: "The way we look for jobs is broken. Our professionals aren’t happy. They don’t love their jobs, but because job searching is so bad, they settle and stick around longer in those jobs. 

"Having unhappy employees is an insider threat. I believe it’s a national security issue."

According to Diamond, the difficulties stem from a general ignorance of the scope and variety of jobs available in cybersecurity, coupled with the absence of a shared terminology to describe the many skill sets at play within the industry. Also, chronic under-investment by businesses in their cybersecurity means many cybersecurity professionals are doing three jobs in one.

"Cybersecurity isn’t one job; it’s 35 different job categories and 111 titles," said Diamond. 

"On top of the changing and growing roles in cybersecurity, we don’t have the common language it takes to figure out the job, or to figure out what the professional really knows. We don’t know how to sell cybersecurity correctly to anybody, never mind to diverse candidates."

To mitigate the problem, Diamond invested billions in building question-and-answer technology that allows ..

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