Flash Poll: The Hunt For Cyber Talent

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By Marilyn Cohodas
Dark Reading
5/30/2014

Our latest flash poll paints a nuanced picture of how the security skills 
shortage is playing out in hiring strategies for the SOC. For the Dark 
Reading security community the Chinese curse, "May you live in interesting 
times," has never been more true, at least when it comes to staffing.

According to our latest flash poll, roughly eight out of 10 respondents 
say their companies are struggling with personnel issues related to the 
skills of in-house staff, finding qualified candidates for new positions, 
and having a sufficient budget to hire them.

Worse, nearly a quarter of the security professionals who participated in 
the report say they are “too underwater” with the daily battle of fighting 
threats to even take the time to reflect and answer our question.

Not surprisingly, only 13 percent of respondents say that they are not 
hiring, with a little more than half of that cohort reporting that their 
staffs and skills sets are adequate. For the rest, where head counts are 
sufficient, managers struggle to train existing security staff on the 
critical skills to protect corporate assets. A scant 5 percent of 
respondents in a hiring mode report having no trouble finding qualified 
candidates.

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