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Cybersecurity expertise is a highly sought-after technical skill. With threats like phishing, ransomware, data breaches, and cyberattacks, businesses need cybersecurity engineers to help protect their networks.
According to the Bureau Of Labor Statistics, a career in cybersecurity is expected to increase by 33% from 2020 to 2030—much faster than the overall average for all occupations. As cyber-attacks increase in frequency, cybersecurity analysts are expected to become increasingly important to help companies develop innovative solutions to prevent them from stealing critical information or causing problems for their computer networks.
There were 1 million unfilled cybersecurity jobs in 2013. By 2021, there would be 3.5 million unfilled cybersecurity jobs still seeking qualified applicants. For the first time since the dot-com bust, the demand for cybersecurity professionals has been this high.
Employers are struggling to find qualified cybersecurity professionals. Employers in the United States currently employ less than half the number of cybersecurity candidates they need to meet their current demand. There are now 48 qualified candidates for every hundred cybersecurity jobs posted.
The U.S.’s job market reflects a global shortage of cybersecurity professionals.
Women represent 25% of the global cybersecurity workforce by 2021, up from 20% in 2019 and around 9% in 2011. As we expect a steady increase in the number of women entering cybersecurity jobs over the next ten years, the skills gap between men and women will shrink.
An Associate’s Degree in cybersecurity can lead to many entry-level job opportunities, such as cybersecurity analyst, information security specialist, and penetration tester. Annual median salaries range from $75,000-$100,000.
To help educate students about cybersecurity, Microsoft has made its cybersecurity curriculum available for free to all of its public community colleges. “With some targeted assistance, they could be used to help address the cybersecurity worker shortage,” according to Brad Smith, president at MSFT.
Associate Degree programs like the Associate of Applied Science in Computer Information Systems provides the foundational training for those individuals who are new to tech or early stage IT professionals who have a prior degree, but need industry certifications. Earning a CIS Associate Degree is a definitive way to show potential employers that you have specialized expertise in hardware and software support, networking, cybersecurity, and cloud administration. Cybersecurity professionals need to demonstrate a wide range of technical skills from hardware and software management to network security, and this program prepares students for entry-level cybersecurity careers, starting with the CompTIA Security+ certification.
Every organization needs cybersecurity resources. If the company uses email, web content, and online platforms for clients to access products and services, they need a cybersecurity team. Security vulnerabilities, cyber threats, and digital attacks impact employers.
Employers from 5 people to 100,000 continue to keep recruiting cyber security engineers to help support DevOps, SecOps, NetOps, and AppDev teams. Many of these organizations outsource critical IT and secondary roles because of the lack of candidates and experienced personnel. Relevant experience in data analytics, problem-solving skills, and hands-on experience are a plus.
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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on the number of openings in the U.S. economy today and over the next few years, the idea of lifelong employment may arguably be a statistical truth. However, the amount of knowledge required for cybersecurity varies from person to person, but there are endless career opportunities in our field.
Cybercrime, which costs the world $10.4 trillion annually by 2025, is expected to generate new jobs roughly equal to the ones being filled over the next five years.
“If you know cybersecurity, you have a job for life,” said Robert Herjavec, a Shark on ABC’s Emmy Award-winning TV show “Shark Tank,” in a 2018 Cybercrime Magazine podcast interview. At that time, he claimed there was a zero-percent unemployment rate in cybersecurity.
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