The demand for skilled professionals of this market is outstripping the supply of skilled professionals. Cybercrime is mainly focused on cyber frauds (e.g. banking account hacking, ID theft) The effects of cyber attacks are devastating, according the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies the global losses are in the range of $80 billion to $400 billion a year. Governments are investing in the development and improvement of cyber capabilities, the US Cyber Command will reach 4000 cyber units by 2015, the Britain government announced recently a new Joint Cyber Reserve.”]
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