Closing The Cybersecurity Talent Gap
NETWORKComputing, March 1st, 2023
Talented cybersecurity professionals are hard to find. Imagination and perseverance can help make the search easier.
Despite recent layoffs announced by Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and others, some tech professionals remain in short supply, particularly skilled and creative cybersecurity experts. To find the professionals needed to protect their systems against cyberattacks, IT leaders are increasingly turning to various creative approaches.
Cybersecurity talent remains in high demand for 2023 and is predicted to remain in demand for the foreseeable, says Doug Glair, cybersecurity director with technology research and advisory firm ISG. 'To address this challenge, companies must leverage traditional HR recruiting, hiring, and retention strategies, along with some non-traditional strategies, to address the ongoing demand.'