More than 209,000 U.S.-based cybersecurity jobs remained unfilled, and postings are up 74 percent over the past five years. The demand for cybersecurity professionals is expected to grow 53 percent by 2018. The skills shortage has led to an inevitable consequencerapid salary inflation for cybersecurity pros. Washington has offered a lot of talk and little action on this national security issue. We need a coordinated national strategy here. Throwing more compensation at cybersecurity pros is simply counterproductive and unsustainable. Large organizations should get much more involved with local universities and cybersecurity professionals.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3057580/cybersecurity-salary-inflation-a-red-flag.html