Cyber security industry must do more to address skills shortage

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Itweb Security Summit Cape Town 2024 Nouvelles

Conrad Roos,Winston Hayden,Professor Elmarie Biermann

An expert panel at ITWeb Security Summit Cape Town 2024 highlights key challenges, including lack of experience, unrealistic expectations.

Independent management consultant and advisor Winston Hayden, Dale Simons, founder, MiDO Group, de Wit Coetsee, director, de Wit Coetsee Consulting, Conrad Roos, head of GRC, The Foschini Group, and Professor Elmarie Biermann, director, Cyber Security Institute.

Roos said according to the World Economic Forum 71% of global organisations have unfilled cyber security positions.ISC2 researchProfessor Elmarie Biermann, director, Cyber Security Institute, said the issue was not specifically about a lack of skills, but often related to a lack of experience. Roos said according to ISACA’s State of Cyber Security 2023 research, 34% of the cyber security workforce is aged between 35 and 44 years old, and only 9% fall into the younger age group.

“We see university students who have theoretical knowledge about security operations but struggle to apply this knowledge in practice,” said Coetsee.

 

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