Kaspersky Blog – 2.7.24
The labor market has long experienced a shortage of cybersecurity experts. Often, companies in need of information-security specialists can’t find any – at least, those with specialized formal education and the necessary experience. In order to understand how important it is for a company to have specialists with a formal education in this area, and how well such education meets modern needs, our colleagues conducted a study in which they interviewed more than a thousand employees from 29 countries in different regions of the world. Among the respondents were specialists of various levels: from beginners with two years of experience, to CIOs and SOC managers with 10. And judging by the respondents’ answers, it looks like classical education isn’t keeping up with InfoSec trends.
Source: What kind of education does a cybersecurity specialist need?