Help wanted for 3.4M jobs: Cyber workforce shortage is an acute, worldwide problem

From Cybersecuritydive: “An ongoing shortage of qualified workers in the information security space is becoming even more acute, as a new report from (ICS)2 shows the industry needs to grow by about 3.4 million workers to close the global workforce gap. The global cyber workforce has reached an all-time high of 4.7 million workers this year and added a total of 464,000 workers to the profession worldwide over last year, according to the 2022 (ICS)2 Cybersecurity Workforce Study, done in collaboration with Forrester Research. The research was based on a survey of almost 12,000 people in charge of their cybersecurity programs.”