The continuous hacking attacks dramatically changed the Cyber Security landscape. Whether it is ISIS VS Anonymous or the use of encryption in the terrorist attacks, the IT Security landscape is changing and now more organizations are taking the IT security seriously and they are willing to spend money to secure their business operations. No matter what the reason is, but “the cyber security job market will suffer because of the large gap between demand and supply of cyber security workforce.”





The statement above is not based on any hypothetical situation, but the statement is the result of what renowned researchers have explained before.



“The demand for the (cyber security) workforce is expected to rise to 6 million (globally) by 2019, with a projected shortfall of 1.5 million,” stated Michael Brown, CEO at Symantec, the world's largest security software vendor.

A story published on CNBC quotes a Rand Corporation study which estimates there are around 1,000 top-level cyber security experts globally vs. a need for 10,000 to 30,000.



Finding the right information security person for the job is not an easy task anymore. The situation has become a threat for every organization; they need professionals to protect their organization’s security and due to the shortage, the salaries gone up. The Dice report states that the top five IT security salaries are:

Lead software security engineer at $233,333

Chief security officer at $225,000

Global information security director at $200,000

Chief information security officer at $192,500

Chief information security officer at $192,500

It is strange to notice that software security engineer earns more than the CSO, demand speaks.



More than 209,000 cyber security jobs in the U.S. are unfilled, and postings are up 74 percent over the past five years, according to a Peninsula Press (a project of the Stanford University Journalism Program) analysis of numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The demand for information security professionals is expected to grow by 53 percent through 2018.



The infosec job market is not going to decline in near future because of the growing market size. The cyber security market is estimated to grow to $170 billion (USD) by 2020, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 9.8 percent from 2015 to 2020, according to a report from Markets and Markets.



What’s next?

The only solution to cover this shortage is to educate and send more people to IT security schools. Besides, EH Academy, there are numerous online IT Security schools are providing quality education to make create professionals to work and increase the cybersecurity workforce.



This young generation should also realize that they are the only one who can fulfill the shortage, instead of wasting thousands of dollars in degrees like MBA, there is a whole new career waiting for them in cybersecurity industry. What they need to do is just follow a good IT & Cybersecurity school.



