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The 7 Most In-Demand Cybersecurity Skills Today

CSO Online, Thursday, December 12th, 2024

Evolving IT strategies and emerging technologies and threats have organizations shuffling their cyber skills want lists, according to a recent survey of IT security managers conducted by ISC2.

Cybersecurity teams find themselves understaffed, overburdened, and rushing to keep up with a rapidly changing threat landscape, as cyberattackers continually devise new ways to attack organizations - and organizations accelerate their embrace of the latest technologies.

As a result, security professionals must continually upskill themselves to ensure they keep pace with organizations' latest skill demands. Unfortunately, deciding what skills to develop can be challenging, as there are a dizzying number of branches on the cybersecurity skill tree, and security professionals may not know what will produce the best return, now and in the years to come.

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