Over 40% of IT pros struggling to hire as skills gap bites
41% of IT professionals are struggling to hire qualified candidates due to a ‘significant’ skills gap in the industry, with only 12% reportedly unaffected by this gap. That’s according to new data from SolarWinds, which surveyed 272 global IT professionals, highlighting a clear disconnect between the needs of IT teams and the pool of available […]
McAfee on cybersecurity for the ‘new normal’ while managing the skills gap
Cybersecurity is now in the midst of an unprecedented challenge. While the scale, complexity and financial impact of data breaches and cyber attacks continue to increase, the pool of skilled professionals to fill security roles is dwindling. According to research in March from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, approximately 653,000 (48%) businesses have a […]
Cybersecurity skills gap increases to 2.9 million globally
New research shows a widening of the global cybersecurity workforce gap to nearly three million across North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific (APAC), and Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The 2018 (ISC)² Cybersecurity Workforce Study (formerly the Global Information Security Workforce Study) is based on feedback from a sample of professionals responsible for securing […]