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fromComputerWeekly.com
1 week ago

Constrained budgets left security teams short-handed in 2025 | Computer Weekly

After a torrid 2024, the wider macroeconomic conditions affecting cyber security professionals showed signs of levelling off in 2025, with reports of budget cuts and layoffs to cyber teams dropping slightly this year after surging in the prior period. However, constrained budgets remain a key driver behind the ongoing cyber skills shortage. This is according to the annual Cybersecurity workforce study produced by cyber professional association ISC2, which polled over 16,000 security professionals to produce this year's report.
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fromSecuritymagazine
2 weeks ago

Navigating Cybersecurity's Tightrope: Balancing Skills, AI, and Human Resilience

The cybersecurity landscape is a dynamic arena in which innovation and threats evolve relentlessly. ISACA's State of Cybersecurity 2025 report - drawing insights from more than 3,800 professionals worldwide - offers a critical snapshot of this environment. It highlights persistent staffing shortages, the transformative impact of AI, rising stress levels and constrained budgets. Together, these findings underscore the delicate balance organizations must strike between technology, talent and well-being.
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fromComputerworld
1 month ago

When threats escalate, CISOs need to call in the cavalry

Ransomware demands average $1M with $1.5M recovery costs, and vulnerabilities plus workforce skill gaps are primary causes of catastrophic breaches.
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fromNextgov.com
1 month ago

CyberCorps talent pipeline buckles under Trump hiring freezes

CyberCorps Scholarship for Service career fair canceled and program events disrupted, weakening a key federal cybersecurity hiring pipeline amid administration workforce cuts.
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fromNextgov.com
3 months ago

Lawmakers look to ease educational requirements for federal cyber workforce

Federal hiring for cybersecurity would prioritize candidates' skills over formal education, loosening degree requirements and increasing transparency on educational qualifications.
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fromSecuritymagazine
4 months ago

Breaking Barriers in Cybersecurity: A Conversation with WiCyS's Executive Director

Women in cybersecurity are driving innovation and addressing workforce shortages through organizations like Women in Cybersecurity.
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