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Top 10 in-demand cyber security skills for 2021
List of needed security skills is long and growing. Here s what experts say is driving the demand Credit: Kevin (C00)
Jimmy Sanders has a long list of work to do, so he wants a security team that can handle the multitude of tasks ahead – from advancing his company’s zero trust security strategy to securing its cloud deployments to deploying machine learning solutions.
Team members must be able to do all that at scale, as well as shift gears and up-skill as quickly as business needs shift, technology evolves and security risks change. In fact, Sanders puts “comfortable with change” as one of the most in-demand skills for 2021, alongside internal drive and the ability to be self-directed with work.
Jimmy Sanders
It’s a lot, he admits.
“The people who can do all that are in super high demand,” says Sanders, head of security for Netflix DVD and president of the San Francisco chapter of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA).
Indeed, demand for cybersecurity talent continues to outpace supply.
A July 2020 report from the ISSA and the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) found that 70% of ISSA members believe the global cybersecurity skills shortage has impacted their organization, while the 2020 (ISC)
2 Cybersecurity Workforce Study found that 64% of responding security professionals experienced skills shortages within their own organizations.
Such statistics only tell part of the story, though.