The pandemic gave unprecedented impetus to the use of technology to enable communication and work during lockdowns and the consequent social distancing.
The field of employment that is seeing an exponential rise in open vacancies is cybersecurity.
A report has found that about 3.1 million positions are vacant in this field, especially in the Asia-Pacific region. This report, “The Humans of Cybersecurity” that the recent trend was in Corona virus-themed cyber attacks.
The report corroborated the idea that cyber crime skyrocketed during the pandemic.
If there are thieves, then we need cops also, right?
The field is facing an acute shortage of personnel and the companies around the world are staring at a lack of policies, procedures, and practices to ensure cyber safety.
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The field of cybersecurity is seeing a 43% talent shortage.
Now, the most in-demand skills are application development security, cloud security risk management, threat intelligence, data privacy, and security.
Specifically, for India, more than 1.5 million open positions are expected by 2025.
And, finally in further good news, the industry in Asia Pacific is expected to register a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18.3% for the period of 2020-2025, and we are coming from a valuation of $30.45 billion in 2019.
So, all you hard-working and intelligent individuals out there, we have something new here, are you up for it?