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Statement of issue with the cybersecurity jobs gap

There has been a consistent message that the cybersecurity field is dangerously understaffed and that there are over 1 million unfilled jobs globally. According to ISACAs 2016 Cybersecurity Skills Gap infographic, there will be a global shortage of 2 million cybersecurity professionals by 2019. The FBI has indicated that two-factor authentication dramatically reduces the risk of data breaches or hacks. Microsoft vulnerabilities that led to the WannaCry and Petya/NotPetya attacks cannot be discounted. Neither can Heartbleed or the other attacks on secure communications.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3258746/statement-of-issue-with-the-cybersecurity-jobs-gap.html

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