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56.8 percent of survey respondents reported
that the top impediment to effective incident
response at their organization was a shortage
of staffing and skills. This is a well-known
and documented concern in the industry,
but has failed to gain attention and, in turn,
downstream capital, outside of the SOC.
Although related, the resource concern noted
by the SANS Institute is a problem that has
two separate drivers:
1. Not enough people. There is not
enough human power in the
enterprise security organization,
often quantified by job vacancies
and unfilled security roles
2. Not enough skilled people. Often
less-than-ideal resumes are considered
for unfilled security roles, or security
leaders are open to staffing their teams
with more junior candidates
In North America, accredited universities
have only recently begun to offer degrees in
cybersecurity-related fields. Most programs
are nascent and promising, but currently
not producing enough candidates to fill the
available positions in cybersecurity across
the globe.
The result leaves security leaders with open
positions that often go unfilled for weeks,
months or even years. •
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