The era of COVID-19 has taught us all a few things about supply and demand. From the early days of toilet paper shortages to more recent used-car pricing shocks, the stress tests brought on by a global pandemic have revealed the extremely delicate balance of scarcity and surplus.
Another area seeing dramatic shortages? Cybersecurity skills. And just like those early lockdown days when we were frantically scouring picked-over supermarket shelves for the last pack of double-ply, it seems like security resources are growing scarcer just when we need them most.
A new study from the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) reveals organizations are having serious trouble sourcing top-tier cybersecurity talent — despite their need to fill these roles growing more urgent by the day.
Mind the gap
The ISSA study paints a clear picture: Infosec teams are all too aware of the gap between the skills they need and resources they have on hand. Of the nearly 500 cybersecurity professionals surveyed in the study, a whopping 95% said the skills shortage in their field hasn’t improved in recent years.
Meanwhile, of course, cyber attacks have only grown more frequent in the era of COVID-19. And if more attacks are occurring while the skills shortage isn’t improving, there’s only one conclusion to make: The lack of cybersecurity know-how is getting worse, not better.
But despite almost universal acknowledgement of the problem, most organizations simply aren’t taking action to solve it. ..
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