Cybersecurity Fundamentals

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Job market

Module overview

This module focuses on the current and growing need for cybersecurity professionals around the world. You will learn
about these topics:

• The demand for cybersecurity professionals in the current job market

• Core attributes and skills that cybersecurity professionals should possess

• Primary responsibilities of common cybersecurity job roles

• Cybersecurity certifications that are available

• Resources to learn more and potential options to consider to get started in a cybersecurity career

Current job market

Cybersecurity is a fascinating and ever-growing field that lives at the intersection of established technologies and emerging
cybersecurity threats. As a career path, it requires a variety of skills and personal characteristics, some of which you may already have.
Cybersecurity professionals do not always have a traditional four-year university degree. They come from very diverse backgrounds.
You may be in a position where you are just starting out in your career, transitioning jobs, or beginning a second career.  

If you are considering a career in cybersecurity, it is important to know about today's job market and projections, skills you need to
start out and succeed in a cybersecurity job, and some common job roles. Let's learn more about the great demand for cybersecurity
professionals around the world.

If there is one trend that everyone can agree on, it is that cybersecurity is a fast-growing market with tremendous career opportunities.
No matter how you crunch the numbers, there’s a huge need for cybersecurity professionals over the next decade. Here are some fast
facts.
 There will be 3.5 million Out of the 3.5 million open
unfilled cybersecurity cybersecurity positions
jobs globally by 2021, up expected by 2021,
from one million positions Cybersecurity Ventures
in 2014. estimates more than 2
million openings will be in
the Asia-Pacific region,
and nearly 400,000 will
be in Europe.
The U.S. has a total employed cybersecurity The cybersecurity
workforce consisting of 715,000 people, and unemployment rate is at
there are currently 314,000 unfilled zero percent in 2019,
positions, according to Cyber Seek where it’s been since
(https://www.cyberseek.org/heatmap.html), 2011.
a project supported by the National Initiative
for Cybersecurity Education (NICE), a
program of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST).

Source: Cybersecurity Talent Crunch To Create 3.5 Million Unfilled Jobs Globally By 2021 (https://cybersecurityventures.com/jobs/),
Cybersecurity Ventures, October 2019

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