45 percent of organizations claim to have a problematic shortage of cybersecurity skills. 70 percent of cybersecurity professionals say the cybersecurity skills shortage has had an impact on their organization. Many organizations are understaffed, many lack some (or many) types of advanced cybersecurity skills, and the staff is too busy to invest time in continuing education to keep up with the latest threats. The data suggests CISOs should be prepared to spend a lot of money for new talent if they can find people to respond to their ads or return recruiters phone calls.”]