A recent report by Cybersecurity Ventures predicted that the existing cybersecurity workforce gap will increase to 1.5 million job openings by 2019. Some experts predict there will be a global shortage of two million cybersecurity professionals. Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) can be proactive and provide leadership to mitigate the issue. There are a few short-term solutions that we can apply to business. Educate current employees as to how human error plays a large role in security breaches and teach them correct cyber hygiene from not opening phishing emails, to not downloading software without permission, to creating strong passwords and changing them regularly.”]

