From: HealthITSecurity
In a world plagued by data breaches, more and more organizations and companies are seeking cybersecurity experts to add to their teams in hopes of avoiding an incident of their own. While an ounce of prevention may be worth a pound of cure, the problem with adding a cybersecurity expert is that there simply aren’t enough to fill all the positions being offered. A recent report from Burning Glass Technologies, a workforce research group, found that cybersecurity job postings have jumped 74 percent in the last six years, but with a limited pool of candidates, these positions remain unfilled 24 percent longer than any other IT position.
The most in-demand requirement, especially in federal positions, is Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification. Offered by the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC)2, a CISSP certification ensures that the cybersecurity expert has at least five full-time years of work experience in at least two of ten key areas, including cryptography, regulations and compliance, and access control. In a public statement, Matt Sigelman, chief executive of Burning Glass, noted the limited number of qualified candidates. “In 2013, US employers posted 50,000 jobs requesting a Certified Information Systems Security Professional, recruiting from a pool of only 60,000 CISSP holders. This is a huge gap between supply and demand.”
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