The Global State of Information Security Survey (GSISS) 2017 found skilled cybersecurity professionals are hard to come by. 62 percent of respondents use security service providers to operate and enhance their IT security programs. Most of the outsourcing today consists of authentication, data loss prevention, identity and access management, real-time monitoring and analytics each ranking around 50 percent or higher. The market for security services is expected to reach $202 billion by 2021, growing from $122 billion now at an annual clip of 10.6 percent.”]

