skills gap
Healthcare Needs Cybersecurity Pros that Anticipate What Threat Actors Will Do Next [Q&A with Dr. Rebecca Wynn]
By many measures, Rebecca Wynn is an accomplished cybersecurity leader. For example, she holds multiple graduate degrees, including an MBA and a doctorate ...
What the Top 25% of Cybersecurity Pros do Differently in Strategy, Risk and Communication
A benchmarking study found the top cybersecurity pros tend to be better aligned with business strategy, take a risk-based approach and communicate with leaders effectively ...
Skills Gap: 3 CISOs Offer Advice for Finding Talent
The cybersecurity skills gap is a topic that has garnered a lot of attention over the past years. For example, the talent shortage was brought up repeatedly throughout RSA, not only in ...
Misaligned Cybersecurity Policies and Products Accentuate the Talent Shortage
As the shortage of security talent widens, the associated policies and products must be reconsidered from the perspective of the overall security posture ...
Breaking Down 6 Cybersecurity Salary Surveys: What’s a Security Pro Worth in 2019?
The national average salary for a cybersecurity position in the U.S. is $96,185. Here’s a look at six studies examining cybersecurity compensation across positions of all levels ...
International Women’s Day: Brexit, Skills-Gap and #BalanceforBetter in the Cybersecurity Industry
This year’s International Women’s Day 2019 theme of #BalanceforBetter is a positive call-to-action to drive gender balance across the world. This year’s campaign states that “the race is on” for a gender-balanced ...
Report: 80% of IT Security Pros Think the Skills Gap Has Worsened Since 2017
The U.S. government had its longest government shutdown in history between 22 December 2018 and 25 January 2019. It’s not yet clear what overall impact this closure had on U.S. digital security ...
Spending, Headcount and Optimism: 6 Significant Takeaways from the State of IT Security Survey by eSecurity Planet
A survey of readers by the trade publication eSecurity Planet found businesses plan to boost cybersecurity spending and identified specific areas of confidence and doubt around defenses ...
The Growing Surface of Attack and What Cybercrime has in Common with Street Crime [Q&A with Steve Morgan of Cybersecurity Ventures]
Trillion with a “T.” Cybercrime damages will cost $6 trillion annually across the globe by 2021. That’s double the figure from 2015, ...
What Is the Most Important Skill Cyber Security Professionals Can Possess? The Experts Weigh In
The cyber security field is booming, with demand for cyber security professionals far outpacing supply. This talent shortage has created an industry where pay is high and the options for job seekers ...
