The cybersecurity workforce is at an all-time high, with an estimated 4.7 million professionals working in the field globally in 2022. Despite adding 464,000 more cybersecurity professionals this year, the data revealed that 3.4 million more cybersecurity workers are needed to secure assets effectively.
The 2022 Cybersecurity Workforce Study from (ISC)², a nonprofit organization of cybersecurity professionals, surveyed over 11,000 cybersecurity professionals across the globe about the state of the cyber workforce.