3 Ways To Overcome Cybersecurity Staff Shortages In 2023
Radware, Wednesday, May 3,2023
Cybersecurity staff and skills shortages have been consistent trends over the past few years. According to the (ISC2) 2022 Cybersecurity Workforce Study, the 2022 global cybersecurity workforce gap stood at 3.4 million people, an increase of 26.2% from 2021. This means that not only are cybersecurity staff shortages continuing, but they are getting worse and impacting organizations' ability to fight cyberattacks.
According to the report, 70% of organizations believe they do not have sufficient cybersecurity staff to be effective. And over half of employees at organizations with cybersecurity staff shortages rated the risk of a cyberattack, as a result of these shortages, as 'moderate' to 'extreme'. For organizations with 'significant' staff shortages, 20% of employees rated the risk of a cyberattack in their organization as 'extreme'.
Looking at the reasons for cybersecurity staff shortages, the leading causes were an inability to find enough qualified talent (43% of organizations), employee turnover (33%), an inability to offer competitive wages (31%) and low budgets for cybersecurity programs (28%).