Missing: Qualified cybersecurity pros
Summary
It’s important for companies to realize that security professionals can’t be created overnight and organizations should jump at opportunities to automate repetitive tasks to make their already scarce teams more productive. “This isn’t something I’ve seen with startups, but is definitely a trap that larger companies or government organizations can fall into,” Awake Security Principal Threat Researcher David Pearson says. A creative cybersecurity professional may also have a different demeanor than one might traditionally expect in the role, one that may initially come off as shocking or atypical, but researchers warn certain exceptions to these norms may have the most potential. 90 percent of my job is communications and connecting ‘human APIs.’” Schilling explains that when a young security analyst talks too much, for example, rather than being annoyed, senior researchers should nurture that rare attribute and set them up for management growth opportunities. “What they should actually be focusing on however is identifying training opportunities for their current workforce that they can point those interested in cybersecurity to.” Ultimately it is up to organizations to invest in finding new talent and better optimizing the IT teams they have.
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