45 percent of organizations claim to have a problematic shortage of cybersecurity skills. Cybersecurity skills are especially important when it comes to security analytics and operations. It takes highly experienced professionals to investigate security incidents, synthesize threat intelligence, or perform proactive hunting exercises. ESG Research indicates that many firms are buried by the volume of security alerts, so identifying and prioritizing alerts is a mission-critical process. If your organization struggles here, you will likely miss something (or many things) and suffer the consequences. If you don’t have enough people or the right skills, you tend to overwhelm the existing staff.”]