Full title in original language:
2017 Global Information Security Workforce Study Benchmarking Workforce Capacity and Response to Cyber Risk
Education level:
University University (18+ years)Topic / subtopic:
Cybercrime Cybercrime preventionTarget audience:
Students,
Teachers / Lecturers
Type of resource:
Publication / Article
Languages:
English
Region of relevance:
Global
Access:
open access
Corporate authors:
Frost & Sullivan
Publication year:
2017
Published by:
Frost & Sullivan
Copyright holder:
© Frost & Sullivan
Contact name and address:
Frost & Sullivan
Contact website:
Key themes:
cybercrime, cybercrime prevention, crime, cybersecurity, cyber security, internet, cyber risk
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Short description:
Cybersecurity professionals worldwide face an ever-evolving threat landscape that many feel they are ill-equipped to manage. Data breaches at corporations, educational institutions and government agencies continue to erode public confidence in the state of cybersecurity. The emergence of consumer goods such as wearable devices and self-driving cars, alongside the increasing connectivity of the systems managing critical infrastructure such as power plants and traffic signals are creating new threats to public safety, privacy, and economic stability.
The Center for Cyber Safety and Education partnered with (ISC)2, Booz Allen Hamilton (Presenting sponsor), Alta Associates (Gold sponsor), and Frost & Sullivan to examine the state of the response to these developing risks in the 2017 Global Information Security Workforce Study (GISWS). This, the 8th edition of the Study, which has been running since 2004, reveals insights from an unprecedented number of respondents; 19,641 cybersecurity professionals representing 170 countries.
This executive summary of the findings highlights their top concerns. Two thirds indicated that there are not enough cybersecurity workers in their organizations to meet the challenges they currently face. This year’s Study reveals we are on pace to reach a cybersecurity workforce gap of 1.8 million by 2022, a 20% increase over the forecast made in the 2015. It also reveals trends and insights into how hiring managers are responding and what organizations can do to attract, enable and retain the cybersecurity talent necessary to combat the risks in today’s ever evolving threat environment.