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Friday, April 01, 2022

Cybersecurity Workers Needed

Qualified workers needed for talent pipeline. 

 Hackers' Path Eased as 600,000 U.S. Cybersecurity Jobs Sit Empty

Bloomberg, Olivia Rockeman, March 30, 2022   in Boomberg

Cybersecurity jobs search platform CyberSeek estimates roughly 600,000 vacant U.S. cybersecurity positions, including 560,000 private-sector jobs. The pandemic compounded a shortfall of cybersecurity professionals, while phishing and ransomware attacks escalated due to many employees using their home networks and computers. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management's Stuart Madnick cites a lack of qualified cybersecurity workers, while Bryan Palma at cybersecurity company Trellix said nations like Russia and China host better talent pipelines at the government level of people trained in cybersecurity. Max Shuftan at the SANS Institute cybersecurity training organization said the worker shortage especially impacts smaller organizations like civilian public agencies, most of which cannot match private companies' pay. As a result, Shuftan warned, "They're probably not going have the staff and that makes them more vulnerable to attacks."

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