Why the US needs more cyber security professionals

WHY THE U.S. NEEDS MORE CYBER SECURITY PROFESSIONALS INCREASE IN CYBERTHREATS & ATTACKS SOME OF THE LARGEST CYBER ATTACKS HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN 2014 In showing that it takes just one 66% vulnerability in the right place, the "Heartbleed" vulnerability in OpenSSL's encryption could have impacted over 66% of websites Despite the widespread news and impact of Heartbleed, only 39% of internet users say they took steps to protect their accounts 30% The 400gbps assault on internet security firm Cloudfare was 30% bigger than e largest attack of 2013 2013 400GBPS ASSAULT IN 2013 77.7% OF SECURITY INCIDENTS WERE IN THE U.S. ::.. 91% INCREASE IN TARGETED ATTACK CAMPAIGNS OVER 552 MILLION IDENTITIES EXPOSED VIA BREACHES 62% 62% INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF BREACHES 23% INCREASE IN WEB-BASED ATTACKS 1 IN 8 LEGITIMATE WEBSITES HAVE A CRITICAL VULNERABILITY 26% 8,330 8,330 VULNERABILITY DISCLOSURES 26% OF WHICH ARE STILL UNPATCHED 122 ORGANIZATIONS WERE THE TARGET OF 122 SUCCESSFUL ATTACKS PER WEEK ON AVERAGE, SUCH AS VIRUSES, MALWARE, DISK OPERATING SYSTEM (DOS) ATTACKS AND DATA EXFILTRATION 50% OF CYBER SECURITY PROFESSIONALS SAY THEIR AGENCIES ARE LIKELY TO BE A DOS ATTACK TARGET IN THE NEXT YEAR 50% CYBER SECURITY IMPACT THE COST OF A U.S. CYBER ATTACK IT COSTS AN AVERAGE $11.6 MILLION PER CYBER CRIME INCIDENT INCREASED 26% BETWEEN 2012 AND 2013 26% 74% of cyber security professionals say their agencies are not completely prepared for international cyber attacks 70% say they're not prepared for DOS attacks 67% say they're not ready to defend against advanced malware 68% say they're unprepared for employees leaking secure information 65% say data theft is a possible concern 58% say data loss could occur OF ORGANIZATIONS SAY DAMAGE SAY THE BREACH OF LAWS AND TO THE ORGANIZATION'S REPUTATION IS A REGULATIONS ARE A TOP PRIORITY TOP PRIORITY FOLLOWING A CYBER ATTACK 710L OF ORGANIZATIONS SAY THE IMPACT OF THE SECURITY WORKFORCE SHORTAGE HAS A GREAT OR VERY GREAT IMPACT ON THE EXISTING INFORMATION SECURITY WORKFORCE 41% 15% SAY THE TIME FOR REMEDIATION FOLLOWING A TARGETED ATTACK IS UP TO ONE WEEK SAY IT WOULD TAKE TWD WEEKS OR LONGER DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE CYBER SECURITY SKILLS GAP INCREASE IN DEMAND THE DEMAND FOR CYBER SECURITY PROFESSIONALS THE FIELD OF CYBER SECURITY HAS INCREASED HAS GROWN MORE THAN 3.5 TIMES FASTER THAN THE MORE THAN 12 TIMES FASTER THAN THE DEMAND DEMAND FOR OTHER I.T. JOBS OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS FOR ALL OTHER NON-ILT. JOBS 330,000 THERE WAS AN ESTIMATED NEED FOR OVER 330,000 NEWI.T. SECURITY PROFESSIONALS WORLDWDE OVER THE PAST YEAR THERE WAS A 73% INCREASE IN INFORMATION SECURITY JOB POSTINGS BETWEEN 2007 AND 2012 IN THE U.S. (COMPARED TO THE AVERAGE 6% INCREASE FOR ALL JOBS) LACK OF QUALIFIED SUPPLY RESPONDENTS TO THE (ISC)' GLOBAL INFORMATION SECURITY WORKFORCE STUDY SHARED: 88% OF ORGANIZATIONS SAY QUALIFIED SECURITY STAFF IS IMPORTANT OR VERY IMPORTANT- THE #2 MOST IMPORTANT IN SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE 56% FEEL THEY HAVE TOO FEW INFORMATION SECURITY WORKERS TO MANAGE THREATS RIGHT NOW, LET ALONE AN INCREASE OF THREATS IN THE FUTURE 35% SAY THEY WOULD HIRE ADDITIONAL SECURITY PROFESSIONALS BUT FIND IT DIFFICULT TO GET QUALIFIED PEOPLE ONLY 15% OF I.T. AND BUSINESS LEADERS ARE VERY 15% CONFIDENT THAT THEY HAVE THE SECURITY-RELATED SKILL SETS NEEDED TO MEET EVOLVING THREAT LANDSCAPES 60% OVER 60% BELIEVE THE GROWING SCOPE AND COMPLEXITY OE LT. SECURITY MAKE COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY VERY DIFFICULT MANY INDUSTRIES REPORT A SHORTAGE OF INFORMATION SECURITY SKILLS 36%OF GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS / OF RETAIL/WHOLESALE 27% ÜRGANIZATIONS 29% DRBANIZATIONS OF MANUFACTURING D0/ OF HEALTHCARE 22% ORGANZATIONS 700/ OF FINANCIAL 28% SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS SKILLS IN NEED 42% OF ORGANIZATIONS ARE LOOKING TO FILL I.T. POSITIONS IN INFORMATION SECURITY, MORE THAN ANY OTHER JOB 25% SAY THEY HAVE A PROBLEMATIC SHORTAGE OF INFORMATION SECURITY SKILLS, MORE THAN ANY OTHER SKILL SET 92% OF ORGANIZATIONS RESPONDING TO THE (ISC) STUDY RATED A "BROAD UNDERSTANDING OF THE SECURITY FIELD" AS IMPORTANT OR VERY IMPORTANT 91% SAID COMMUNICATION SKILLS ARE NEEDED 88% SAID TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE IS NEEDED 86% LISTED AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE LATEST SECURITY THREATS 47% SAY A SECURITY ANALYST IS THEIR TOP JOB NEEDING TO BE FILLED THE FUTURE OF CYBER SECURITY 5,0000,100 600 THE U.S. CYBER COMMAND IS THE U.S. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS SEEKING 10,000 THE DEPARTMENT OF ACTIVELY SEEKING 5.000 CYBER SECURITY PROFESSIONALS HOMELAND SECURITY HAS AN URGENT DEMAND FOR 600 CISCO REPORTS A SHORTAGE OF OVER THE (ISC)' STUDY FORECASTS AN SECURITY PROFESSIONALS ANNUAL WORKFORCE GROWTH RATE WORLDWIDE THIS YEAR OF BY THE U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ESTIMATES INCREASE IN THE DEMAND FOR GRADUATE- LEVEL INFORMATION SECURITY WORKERS OVER THIS IS MORE THAN TWICE THE RATE OF INCREASE PREDICTED FOR THE OVERALL IT INDUSTRY THE Sources http://www.bbc.com/news/business-26647795 http://www.meritalk.com/cybersecurityexperience https://www.isc2.org/workfarcestudy /Defaut.aspx https://www.isc2cares.org/industryresearch/GISWS https://blogs.cisco.com/education/tackling-the-cybersecurity-skills-gap http://fow.com/articles/2013/10/15/gybersecurity-workforce-crisis.aspx http://www.symantec.com/security response/publications/threatreportjsp http://fcw.com/articles/2013/10/08/cyberattacks-frequency-costs-rise.aspx http://public.dhe.ibm.com/common/ssi/ecm/en/wgl03045usen/WGLO304SUSEN. 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