Cybersecurity

Workforce Demand

GLOBALLY, the shortage of On average, of IT professionals

surveyed stated

30%
cybersecurity professionals is nearly
fewer than 25% of
3 Million
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all applicants were
qualified
Source: ISACA State of Cybersecurity 2018:
Source: (ISC)² Cybersecurity Workforce Study, 2018 Workforce Development

The most commonly used cybersecurity skills: Top industries for cybersecurity job openings
58% Network
Monitoring
31% 41% Source:

53% Security
Analysis
Other
Industries
Managing
Professional
Services
Job Market
Intelligence:
Consumer Cybersecurity

53% Security
Administration 10%
Manufacturing
Data 18%
Finance and
Jobs, 2018,
Burning Glass
and Defense Insurance Technologies
Source: (ISC)2 Hiring and Retaining Top
Cybersecurity Talent, 2018

Women Represent
26%
313,735 total Of respondents

24%
cybersecurity job openings of professionals around the state that on
world who spend at least 25% average it takes 6
of their time on cybersecurity or more months
715,715 total activities, which includes IT/ICT professionals
employed cybersecurity who previously may not have been considered to fill a new
workforce part of the cybersecurity workforce cybersecurity
position
Source: CyberSeek, November 2018

Source: ISACA State of Cybersecurity

Source: (ISC)² Cybersecurity Workforce Study, 2018 2018: Workforce Development

13.5% Top Cybersecurity Skills that are in demand

Growth Job Titles • Security Analysis • Data Science and
• Penetration Testing Analytics
• Cybersecurity Engineer
Computer and mathematical • Cybersecurity Analyst
• Secure Application • Customer Service
occupations will grow much • Network Engineer/Architect
Development • Communication
faster than the average job • Cybersecurity Manager
• Incident Response • Collaboration
• Cloud Security • Curiosity and Passion
during 2016–2026 • Software Developer/Engineer
• Systems Engineer for Learning
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Source: InfoSec Institute: Top 10 Skills Security Professionals
U.S. Department of Labor Source: CyberSeek, November 2018 Need to Have in 2018

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