A startling statistic is rippling through the media: over an eight-year period, reports confirmed that the number of unfilled cybersecurity jobs grew over 350%, from 1 million positions in 2013 to over 4 million globally in 2021, with half a million of those unfilled jobs right here in the U.S. And while those numbers are staggering on their own, estimates by the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate the cybersecurity sector shows no sign of a slowdown, with expected growth at 37% through 2022.
According to a 2019 (ISC2) Cybersecurity Workforce Study, an astounding 65% of organizations report a shortage of cybersecurity staff, while a lack of skilled and experienced cybersecurity personnel is the top job concern among respondents (36%). And of the candidates who are applying for these positions? Fewer than one in four are even qualified, according to the MIT Technology Review.