{"id":364666,"date":"2025-12-08T08:33:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T13:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tech.co\/?p=364666"},"modified":"2025-12-08T08:33:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T13:33:03","slug":"cybersecurity-skills-gap-causing-significant-harm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tech.co\/news\/cybersecurity-skills-gap-causing-significant-harm","title":{"rendered":"88% Cybersecurity Pros Experience &#8216;Significant&#8217; Impact of Skills Gap"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column]\n<\/p><div class=\"verdict-box inform-box\" data-eventcategory=\"verdictbox\" data-component=\"verdict-box\" data-total-positions=\"3\">\n\n <div class=\"verdict-box-wrap inform-box-wrap\">\n <h3 class=\"verdict-box-title\">Key Takeaways<\/h3>\n \n <div class=\"verdict-box-info\">\n<ul>\n<li>Nearly <strong>nine in 10 cybersecurity professionals<\/strong> (88%) have experienced at least one &ldquo;significant&rdquo; cybersecurity consequence due to the IT skills shortage, according to a new report.<\/li>\n<li>The skills gap appears to be <strong>worsening year on year<\/strong>, even as the broader economic outlook lessens.<\/li>\n<li><strong>AI poses a genuine solution<\/strong> to the current skills gap, as well as opening up the need for new roles and perspectives across the sector.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"verdict-box-footer inform-box-buttons\">\n <div class=\"container\">\n <div class=\"row\">\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n[vc_column_text css=&rdquo;&rdquo;]According to new research from International Information System Security Certification Consortium (ISC2), nearly nine in 10 cybersecurity professionals (88%) have experienced at least one &ldquo;significant&rdquo; cybersecurity consequence in their organization due to a skills gap.\n<p>The study surveyed 16,029 cybersecurity professionals from across North America, Latin America, the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Broadly, the data indicates that the economic uncertainties that gave rise to a surge in <a href=\"https:\/\/tech.co\/news\/tech-companies-layoffs\"><strong>tech layoffs<\/strong><\/a> in 2024 are beginning to taper off.<\/p>\n<p>The findings should sound a note of alarm across the tech sector as concerns over a yawning talent gap mount. Elsewhere, our own research shows that a shocking <a href=\"https:\/\/tech.co\/news\/bosses-cant-identify-phishing-scams\"><strong>98% of bosses<\/strong><\/a> are unable to identify all the signs of a phishing attack, indicating that these shortcomings are felt across the business.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&rdquo;2\/3&Prime;][vc_column_text css=&rdquo;&rdquo;]<\/p>\n<h2>Talent Gap Leaving Majority of Cybersecurity Firms Exposed<\/h2>\n<p>88% of cybersecurity professionals have experienced at least one &ldquo;significant&rdquo; cybersecurity consequence at their place of work due to a lack of ability, new research shows. The <em>2025 Cybersecurity Workforce Study<\/em> comes courtesy of ISC2, the world&rsquo;s leading nonprofit organization for cybersecurity professionals.<\/p>\n<p>Surveying 16,029 &ldquo;practitioners and decision-makers&rdquo; from across the sector, the study sheds light on the evolving nature of the workspace as old anxieties persist and new opportunities arise. Notably, the data suggests that some of the economic uncertainties that characterized 2024 are beginning to lift.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&rdquo;1\/3&Prime;]<\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"js-aw-brand-link\" href=\"https:\/\/compare.tech.co\/software-deals-live\/\" data-feed=\"XuPuf49GEEm4y0PaIQDZ0dEjkEf760Vv\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-333457\" src=\"https:\/\/images.tech.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/18114043\/About-Techco-video.jpg\" alt=\"About Tech.co Video Thumbnail Showing Lead Writer Conor Cawley Smiling Next to Tech.co Logo\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\"><\/a><strong>This just in! View<\/strong><br>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/compare.tech.co\/software-deals-live\/\">the top business tech deals<\/a> for 2026 &#128104;&zwj;&#128187;<br>\n<\/strong><a class=\"js-aw-brand-link\" href=\"https:\/\/compare.tech.co\/software-deals-live\/\" data-feed=\"XuPuf49GEEm4y0PaIQDZ0dEjkEf760Vv\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-348272 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.tech.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/09122654\/ok-1.png\" alt=\"See the list button\" width=\"200\" height=\"85\"><\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&rdquo;&rdquo;]In spite of this, however, the industry still faces a problem in the form of talent recruitment and retention &mdash; the <a href=\"https:\/\/tech.co\/news\/5-companies-data-breaches-paid-price\"><strong>consequences<\/strong><\/a> of which can often be severe.\n<div class=\"lytics-newsletter-container\">\n <div class=\"lytics-loading-spinner\">\n <div class=\"spinner\"><\/div>\n 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And with 72% in agreement that reducing security personnel &ldquo;significantly increases&rdquo; the risk of a breach, the scale of the issue isn&rsquo;t lost on anyone.<\/p>\n<p>Worryingly, even as the global economic outlook has improved on last year, the skills gap has widened. The vast majority of surveyed respondents (95%) reported that they have at least one skill need, representing a 5% increase on the year before. 59%, meanwhile, cited &ldquo;critical or significant&rdquo; skill needs &mdash; a sharp 15% increase on 2024.<\/p>\n<p>According to ISC2 acting CEO and CFO Debra Taylor, CC: &ldquo;A shift is happening. This year&rsquo;s data makes it clear that the most pressing concern for cybersecurity teams isn&rsquo;t headcount but skills. 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