, to find how the local cybersecurity industry has fared throughout 2023 to date, as well as what types of skills organisations are in need of.While cynics would find it easy to view South Africa as behind the curve on other regions in terms of cybersecurity skills, Tzingakis is not, highlighting the fact that the local talent pool is among some of the best in world.
“We’re losing skills to other countries. From a cybersecurity perspective we have some of the best skills in the world, and as a result we often lose them to other regions. I don’t believe we have the right retention policies, mechanisms, and incentives in place within organisations,” he emphasises. “This new model is forcing organisations to speed up their digital transformation, relying less on on-premise infrastructure and moving to the cloud, as well as changing their cybersecurity strategies given far more people are working from home. This has forced organisations to look at cybersecurity differently,” he continues.
“Understanding how to implement security, how to implement risk management, how to implement a framework, how to implement the right policies and processes. These are skills that will be needed in order to keep an organisation safe,” stresses Tzingakis.