Fortinet 2023 Global Cyber Skills Gap Report Finds More Needs To Be Done To Untap New Talent
Fortinet News, March 21st, 2023
The 2023 Global Cybersecurity Skills Gap Report shows that organizations continue to fight an uphill battle against cyber threats. They're experiencing more breaches, are in dire need of skilled professionals, and are struggling to fill critical roles.
As cybercrime proliferates and bad actors identify new and more sophisticated ways to infiltrate networks, it's no surprise that organizations are falling victim to cyberattacks more frequently than in the past. The report shows 84% of enterprises experienced one or more breaches in the past 12 months. And the number of organizations confirming five or more breaches jumped by 53% between 2021 and 2022. While numerous factors are likely to contribute to this increase in breaches, more than two-thirds of business leaders (68%) agree that unfilled IT and security positions pose a security risk to their organizations.
In addition to successful cyberattacks occurring more frequently, they're continuing to cost organizations a lot of money. Nearly half of the organizations surveyed suffered breaches in the past 12 months that cost more than $1 million to remediate, an increase from 2021.