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Cyber Risks · Cisco Talos

We can try to bridge the cybersecurity skills gap, but that doesn’t necessarily mean more jobs for defenders

Summary: The White House announced a "Service for America" initiative directing U.S. federal agencies to recruit and prepare Americans for cybersecurity and AI jobs by removing certain degree requirements and emphasizing skills-based hiring. The same newsletter cites a CyberSeek report finding only enough skilled workers to fill 85 percent of U.S. cybersecurity jobs, an ISC2 report estimating the global security workforce at 5.5 million with 0.1 percent year-over-year growth, and a 29 percent year-over-year drop in U.S. cybersecurity job postings.

What you should know: Training new defenders does not create openings: 38 percent of surveyed practitioners said their organizations had a cybersecurity hiring freeze in the past year, up 8 percent from 2023, and 25 percent reported layoffs, so the skills gap is colliding with a hiring market that is not expanding.

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