New Study Shows 83% of Organizations Are Adopting AI for Cybersecurity, But Cyber Pros Say the Job Has Become Harder
The Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) and Omdia today released Volume VIII of the Life and Times of Cybersecurity Professionals, the longest-running annual study of the cybersecurity workforce. As attackers leverage AI to scale attacks and organizations invest in AI-powered security tools, the professionals using them are burning out, being left out of decisions, and thinking about leaving the field.
New Research from TechTarget’s Enterprise Strategy Group and the Information Systems Security Association Reveals Continuous Struggles within Cybersecurity Professional Workforce
Enterprise Strategy Group, a division of TechTarget and Information Systems Security Association announced the publication of its research study titled, “The Life and Times of Cybersecurity Professionals.” The sixth edition of this project (published as an eBook this year) sought to assess the career progression of cybersecurity professionals, determine whether cybersecurity professionals are satisfied with their jobs and careers, measure the impact of the global cybersecurity skills shortage and uncover organizations’ response to it, and monitor the status and performance of cybersecurity leadership. The report reveals that the cybersecurity skills crisis continues in a multi-year freefall that has impacted 71% of organizations and left two-thirds of cybersecurity professionals stating that the job itself has become more difficult over the past two years—while 60% of organizations continue to deflect responsibility.
Cybersecurity Professionals Push Their Organizations Toward Vendor Consolidation and Product Integration
Driven by security operations complexity, nearly half (46%) of organizations are consolidating or plan on consolidating the number of vendors they do business with. As a result of this drive toward security technology consolidation, 77% of infosec pros would like to see more industry cooperation and support for open standards promoting interoperability. As thousands of cybersecurity technology vendors compete against each other across numerous security product categories, organizations are aiming to optimize all security technologies in their stack at once, and vendors that support open standards for technology integration will be best positioned to meet this change in the industry, according to a new annual global study of cybersecurity professionals by the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) and independent industry analyst firm Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG).
