![]() ![]() ![]() The stakes are only growing, as technology evolves and bad actors become more advanced. “There’s a shortage of supply and increased demand.”Įxperts have been tracking the cybersecurity labor shortage for at least a decade - and now, a new surge in companies looking to hire following recent attacks could exacerbate the problem. “It’s a talent war,” said Bryan Orme, principal at GuidePoint Security. The only hitch: There’s a massive, longstanding labor shortage in the cybersecurity industry. The takeaway from such security breaches, according to experts, is that it’s high time for companies to start investing in robust controls and, in particular, adding cybersecurity professionals to their teams. Microsoft says SolarWinds hackers have struck again at the US and other countries Photographer: Bronte Wittpenn/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bronte Wittpenn/Bloomberg/Getty Images A former security adviser at the IT monitoring and network management company SolarWinds Corp. said he warned management of cybersecurity risks and laid out a plan to improve it that was ultimately ignored. headquarters in Austin, Texas on Tuesday, Dec. “It should be something that triggers people,” he said. “As far as I know, this is the first cybersecurity incident that has led to a measurable economic impact on the American population,” said Jonathan Reiber, senior director for cybersecurity and policy at AttackIQ and the chief strategy officer for cyber policy under the Obama administration’s secretary of defense. In the weeks before the attack, the company had posted a job listing for a cybersecurity manager. The debacle cost Colonial at least $4.4 million, the amount its CEO admitted to paying the hackers. (MSFT) said the hackers behind the 2020 Solar Winds breach launched a new attack on more than 150 government agencies, think tanks and other organizations globally.īut perhaps the most striking recent example is the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, which forced the company to shut down the pipeline temporarily - resulting in gas shortages and price spikes in multiple states over several days. A series of major digital security breaches over the past year are serving as a wake-up call to Corporate America about the need to invest in cybersecurity.įriday brought yet another reminder of the risk of cyberattacks, when Microsoft
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