Most organizations are falling behind when it comes to addressing the cybersecurity skills shortage, a new study found. And the effects of the shortage are worsening.
In its third year, the study conducted by the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) and analyst firm Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) surveyed 267 cybersecurity professionals worldwide. The cybersecurity skills shortage is now affecting 74% of organizations, according to the report, yet 63% of organizations are falling behind when it comes to providing adequate levels of training to their cybersecurity staff.
Major ramifications of the worsening cybersecurity skills shortage include the following:
- existing staff being overworked (66%);
- inability to learn about or use security technologies in the most effective way (47%);
- having to train or hire junior employees (41%); and
- limited time to work with business units (40%).
The skills shortage has been an ongoing problem for the infosec industry for some time and recently led to President Donald Trump issuing an executive order last week to address the issue.
“One of my takeaways: Nothing’s improving,” said Jon Oltsik, senior principal analyst at…
