Forbes February 5, 2025
Breaking into a cybersecurity career has never been easy and today it’s more competitive than ever. At the same time, there is a well-documented cybersecurity talent shortage, with an estimated 4.8 million unfilled cybersecurity jobs globally, according to the 2024 ISC2 Cybersecurity Workforce Study. The demand for skilled professionals far outpaces supply, particularly in specialized fields such as cloud security, application security and incident response. Yet, despite this gap, companies continue to outsource critical security functions overseas rather than invest in developing homegrown talent. This has major implications not only for job seekers but also for national security.
Adding to the urgency, there has been a massive wave of IT layoffs, leaving many skilled professionals—such as networking engineers, software developers...
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