Once the sole domain of highly technical geeks poring over security logs to look for signs of hackers lurking in their networks, cyber security has become more multi-dimensional and varied across specialisations, organisations and industries.
Today, cyber security teams comprise not only threat hunters, security operations centre analysts and digital forensics specialists, but also technology risk managers and even economists who understand the economic and political motivations behind cyber attacks.
In the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, the growing diversity of cyber security has drawn more people to the booming sector, thanks to the growing pace of digitalisation and adoption of public cloud, the internet of things (IoT) and remote work that have enlarged the attack surface of organisations.
According to a cyber security workforce study by International Information System Security Certification Consortium, or (ISC)², there were nearly 4.2 million cyber security professionals worldwide in 2021, an increase of more than 700,000 compared to 2020.
In APAC, the number of cyber security professionals grew by about 19% to 743,075 last year, with Singapore recording the highest…
