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How Neurodiversity Can Help Fill the Cybersecurity Workforce Shortage

Jodi Asbell-Clarke
Asbell-Clarke, J. (2024, February 2). How Neurodiversity Can Help Fill the Cybersecurity Workforce Shortage. Dark Reading. Retrieved from https://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/how-neurodiversity-can-help-cybersecurity-workforce-shortage

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One of the most vexing issues in cybersecurity doesn’t have to do with technology; it has to do with people. Finding enough cybersecurity professionals to fill open positions in the public and private sectors has been a problem for more than a decade, and, despite efforts from both sectors, the situation has not improved. The most recent (2022) report from ISC2 puts the US  — up 9% from the 2021 report. ISC2 says the global gap is 3.4 million, noting that the supply of cybersecurity workers cannot keep up with the demand. The global workforce gap increased by over 25% from 2021 to 2022, and nearly 70% of the cyber professionals surveyed for the ISC2 report said their organization has a worker shortage.