Science of Cybersecurity

According to PwC’s 18th Annual CEO Survey [1], 90% of US CEOs say cybersecurity is strategically important, 87% are concerned about cyber threats, and 45% are extremely concerned about them. Unfortunately, knowing about the problem and fixing it are two different things entirely. Especially when a 2015 ISACA survey [2] showed 86% of respondents say there is a global shortage of skilled cybersecurity professionals with the required knowledge.

Finding people with the right knowledge is hard. In fact, 92% of ISACA’s survey respondents whose organizations will be hiring cybersecurity professionals in 2015 say it will be difficult to find skilled candidates. There are several compounding issues at play when looking at this skills shortage. There are dozens of different cybersecurity job roles across security engineering, security operations, and security intelligence with more roles being identified as the field continues to evolve.