Indeed Spotlight: The Global Cybersecurity Skills Gap

Replicon

Interesting read: Indeed Spotlight: The Global Cybersecurity Skills Gap - Indeed Blog

NetworkNewb

Kinda interesting. Wish they would've broke down the specific roles in security that are hard to fill by percentage instead of grouping it all up. But with the random titles maybe that would've been too difficult.

chickenlicken09

ireland and uk!! from looking at the local job sites you wouldnt think so! thats coming from an irish person living in the uk.

Replicon

eddo1 wrote: »

ireland and uk!! from looking at the local job sites you wouldnt think so! thats coming from an irish person living in the uk.

Seriously? I was just thinking what would it be working in Dublin, being there few years back, its a good place.... Hmmm

chickenlicken09

yeah its ok if you can find a place to live! very expensive to rent...matchbox for 1300 pm. not really my cup of tea.

tmurphy3100

hey Replicon,

Looks like you took the same certification path that I am on now (CEH, VCP, and than SSCP). Have you broken into the Security field yet? Just looking for any advice.

TechGromit

The article says the supply of Ethical Hacker exceeds the demand, but the Certified Ethical Hacker is a very specific certification. So are they referring to the demand for "Certified Ethical Hacker" CED certified holders, or do they really mean penetration testers. If they are referring to penetration testers, they are only one specialty in the Cyber Security industry. There's Incident response, malware analysts, digital forensics, venerability analysts, etc. The article seems to make the assumption if you have an "Ethical Hacker" on staff, you meant the Cyber Security requirements for your company, and nothing could be further from the truth.

http://www.computerworld.com/article/3143950/it-careers/u-s-says-cybersecurity-skills-shortage-is-a-myth.html

This article says the shortage of qualified cyber security professional is a myth, what it fails to take into account is Federal government positions are highly desirable, regardless what the position is the number of applicants will almost always exceeds the demand. Typically there are 5 applicants for every job opening, often it's far higher than that. One position posted logistic management specialist job had over 500 applicants. So is the conclusion the country has 500x the number of logistic management specialists United States needs?