ESG/ISSA Research Report: Through the Eyes of Cyber Security Professionals: Annual Research Report (Part II)
ESG/ISSA Research Report

Dec 15, 2016
Today’s cyber security professionals reside on the frontline of a perpetual battle, tasked with applying limited resources to outthink would be cyber-attackers and defend their organizations against everything from embarrassing website defacement through unseemly ransomware extortion to devastating data breaches. Alarmingly, cyber security professionals often accept this challenge knowing they are undermanned for the fight. According to ESG research, 46% of organizations claim to have a problematic shortage of cyber security skills.

In order to assess the experiences, careers, and opinions of cyber security professionals, ESG and ISSA surveyed 437 cyber security professionals representing organizations of all sizes and across all industries and geographic locations. Survey respondents were also ISSA members.
 

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