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Dealing with a shortage of information security and IT skill sets

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.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3236485/dealing-with-a-shortage-of-information-security-and-it-skill-sets.html

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