State of Cybersecurity 2020 found that 62% of respondents say their organizations cybersecurity team is understaffed and 57% have unfilled cybersecurity positions. That means the world needs a 145% increase in its cybersecurity workforce. Security leaders say pandemic-related work-from-home mandates that necessitated re-engineered IT environments and the recent spike in attacks have further taxed stressed security teams. That in turn has brought renewed focus on the need to close the skills gap. The challenges of drawing enough people to the field rooted in a persistent misunderstanding of cybersecurity work among businesspeople and emerging professionals.”]