cybersecurity workers to fill all the roles

 While the obvious answer to the problem of overworked SecOps teams is to hire talented and dedicated analysts, this is sometimes not practical. For one, study after study finds that there are simply not enough skilled cybersecurity workers to fill all the roles that are currently open.

“Over 40 percent of IT decision makers noted that they struggle to hire experienced security operations staff and hire enough analysts to manage the workload. At the same time, over a third indicated that as an organization, they struggle to retain good talent,” according to computer science vs computer engineering salary.

For security experts, this is where those with skills in machine learning and artificial intelligence (A.I.), can make the biggest impact since more aspects of SecOp should be automated. The Forrester study also makes the same point.