How to Guide: Using ISSA/ESG Research Data For Your Benefit

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Annual survey of 489 respondents finds a real skills gap: 57% report being impacted, 62% report increased workloads, 38% report burnout, and 76% say recruiting is difficult with 71% unable to hire people with two–five years of experience. Training shortfall is clear against a target of 40 hours training per year (54% exceed, 24% meet, remainder fall short). Recommendations: fund training and internships, boost pay and certification support (CISSP/CISM/CISA/CompTIA A+/CEH), and shift security left and embed it into business and IT processes.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 0:25Project Overview
3. 1:51The RSA Equation
4. 2:16How to Apply the ESG/ISSA Research
5. 3:56Cybersecurity Job Pursuit
6. 6:05Cybersecurity Job Proficiency
7. 7:53Cybersecurity Job Advice
8. 9:38What's Important for a Cybersecurity Career?
9. 10:53Cybersecurity Organizational Relationships
10. 13:33Cybersecurity Recommendations
11. 18:22Cybersecurity Training Paradox
12. 19:24Annual Training
13. 20:52Reasons for Training Deficit
14. 22:03Cybersecurity Skills Shortage Impact
15. 22:32Cybersecurity Skill Shortage Ramifications
16. 25:20Cybersecurity Skill Shortage and the Organization
17. 28:41Could the Organization Do More to Address the Cybersecurity Skills Shortage?
18. 29:06Acute Areas of the Cybersecurity Skill Shortage
19. 29:40Actions for Addressing the Cybersecurity Skill Shortage
20. 32:38Is the Cybersecurity Skills Shortage Overstated?
21. 33:33Cybersecurity Recruiting
22. 35:58Summary and Recommendations

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