According to ESG Research, 55% of enterprise organizations plan to hire additional security professionals in 2012 but they are extremely hard to find. 83% of enterprises claim that it is extremely difficult or somewhat difficult to recruit and/or hire security professionals. ESG data also points to 3 trends that exacerbate the security skills shortage, further impacting the effectiveness of the precious few security personnel in place. Security tools complexity and lack of automation are also contributing to the problem.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2223048/the-security-skills-shortage-is-worse-than-you-think.html