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shift in approach to recruitment has been embraced by some very large companies.

"Paths into cybersecurity can vary hugely," says Wil Rockall, UK lead on cyber talent at
Deloitte, a global professional services company.

"Some people have a technical education, degree courses and [training] programmes in
cybersecurity, but the majority of our hires come from non-technical backgrounds," he says. "We
focus on talent development. We have a path within the firm around how we can develop a
person's soft skills and technical skills, as a person goes through their career."

He adds: "It's a broad industry. Security encompasses a whole number of different things so
there's lots of different industries where people have transferrable skills."

Mr Rockall says the sector has changed a lot in the last two decades. "It's not about guys in
hoodies tapping away on keyboards doing technical things. It's a business function so you need
people with business skills."

Some common career paths from other industries in to the sector include people who have
previously worked in penetration testing (ethical hacking); or as a compliance analyst; security
consultant; security operations or threat intelligence analyst.

"These paths range in core competencies. From very technical roles that are a natural fit for
someone with an engineering background, to roles that are more process, data and analytics
oriented," explains Melanie Kruger, vice president of talent at Red Canary, a cloud-based
security services provider.
"When considering which path is right for you," she says, "I would advise creating an inventory
of the skills you are most energised using in your current role."

While the cybersecurity labour shortage isn't going to disappear any time soon, experts agree that
broadening the candidate pool will be crucial in addressing the shortage.

"What that means now is pulling people out of adjacent disciplines and retraining them, or
helping colleges improve their training so there's a better pipeline," explained Paul Farnsworth,
Chief Technology Officer at the DHI Group, parent of the Dice high-tech job website.