https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/27/too-few-cybersecurity-professionals-is-a-gigantic-problem-for-2019/
By Robert Ackerman
TechCrunch
January 27, 2019
As the new year begins gaining steam, there is ostensibly a piece of good
news on the cyber front. Major cyber attacks have been in a lull in recent
months and still are.
The good tidings are fleeting, however. Attacks typically come in waves.
The next one is due, and 2019 will be the worst year yet -- a sad reality
as companies increasingly pursue digitization to drive efficiency and
simultaneously move into the "target zone" of cyberattacks.
This bad news is compounded by the harsh reality that there are not nearly
enough cybersecurity pros to properly respond to all the threats.
The technology industry has never seen anything quite like it. Seasoned
cyber pros typically earn $95,000 a year, often markedly more, and yet job
openings can linger almost indefinitely. The ever-leaner cybersecurity
workforce makes many companies desperate for help.
Between September 2017 and August 2018, U.S. employers posted nearly
314,000 jobs for cybersecurity pros. If they could be filled, that would
boost the country's current cyber workforce of 714,000 by more than 40%,
according to the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education. In light
of the need, this is still the equivalent of pocket change.
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