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Cybersecurity Skills Gap to Hit 1.8 Million by 2022

August 10, 2017

A new (ISC)2 survey, The 2017 Global Information Security Workforce Study, says that the gap between the number of cybersecurity professionals and the number of available jobs in the industry will rise to 1.8 million by 2022.

The study polled 19,641 cybersecurity professionals in 170 countries, looking to gain insights into the ways IT departments are adjusting to the growing threat landscape. It found that organizations' biggest challenge continues to be finding enough qualified staff. The skills gap represents a global increase of 20% compared to 2015's forecast, and includes 265,000 vacant cybersecurity positions in North America alone.

This problem is felt most strongly in North America, where 52% of respondents said that they had problems finding enough qualified staff to fill positions.

If you are looking for job security, forget law school. If you have sufficient technical skills, cybersecurity is the place to be.

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