Mind the gap

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Tim Wallen discusses whether or not technology can plug the cyber skills gap

Enterprises looking to attract and retain cybersecurity staff have a challenge on their hands in 2023. ISC² estimates that the global cybersecurity workforce became 4.7-million strong at the end of 2022, inflating 11.1 percent with the addition of 464,000 newly employed security professionals. However, despite this, the cybersecurity workforce gap actually expanded last year, growing at more than twice the rate of the workforce with a 26.2 percent increase year-over-year.The industry is . . .

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