Closing the Cybersecurity Talent Gap With New Candidate Pools
June 15, 2022 – Published on Staffing.com
With cybercrime at its highest and the groups behind it getting bigger and more organized by the day, companies are struggling to find enough talent to join their cybersecurity efforts. Businesses are running against the clock to broaden their hiring scope and deploy extensive training initiatives to nurture the much-needed skills.
Leaders are aware of their weak spots, and the demand for cybersecurity talent has reached a historic high: 63% of businesses say they have unfilled security positions, and 60% experienced difficulties retaining qualified cybersecurity professionals in 2021, according to a report from the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA). And information security analyst jobs are expected to grow 33% by 2030—faster than the average for all other occupations.
To discover talent that will narrow the gap, organizations should consider veterans. Officials at GuidePoint Security are taking an innovative approach to solving the cybersecurity workforce gap: They are training veterans leaving the military to become cybersecurity analysts. The fully remote firm—which provides cyber resources to corporations, government organizations, and federal agencies—recognizes that many veterans have “relatable skills” such as penetration testing and incident response training, Meghan Hermann, GuidePoint’s VP of HR, tells Staffing.com.
Through the company’s GuidePoint Security University program, vets learn skills such as penetration testing and incident response. Hermann says the company has hired every graduate of the program: Of 617 employees, 17% are veterans.
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