Huge Shortfall in Security Operations Experts Amid Growing Cyberattacks…(Get Ready For It…)
SputnikNews.com
07.03.2016
A new survey has uncovered a massive shortfall in qualified security experts needed to maintain the average Security Operations Center (SOC) which monitoring the operations of a corporation’s digital footprint.
The results of the seventh (ISC)² Global Information Security Workforce Study (GISWS) conducted by Frost & Sullivan for the (ISC)² Foundation with the support of Booz Allen Hamilton, found 45 percent of hiring managers reporting that they are struggling to support additional hiring needs and 62 percent of respondents reporting that their organizations have too few information security professionals.
These findings were reported despite security spending increases across the board for technology, personnel and training; rising average annual salaries; high rates of job satisfaction and low rates of change to employment status. The analysts from Frost & Sullivan forecast a shortfall of 1.5 million experienced Security Operations experts by 2020.
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