The (ISC)2 Global Information Security Workforce Study says we suffer a worldwide dearth of skilled IT security workers. This shortage is now a legitimate crisis that will cripple organizations’ ability to respond to data breaches and other evolving security threats. The U.K. has already begun to take positive steps forward with programs that mirror efforts in the U.S.: the Cyber Challenge competition for young people intrigued by cybersecurity, and the federal government’s Centers of Academic Excellence program. “We’re not seeing people come in at the ground level, choosing the career in information security and staying with that career,” Richard Nealon says.”]
Source: https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/blogs/help-wanted-addressing-skills-crisis-p-1462