Covers career paths, job roles, salary expectations, and hiring trends across the cybersecurity industry. Posts help readers understand what employers look for and how to position themselves for roles ranging from analyst to CISO.
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There are roughly 500,000 unfilled cybersecurity positions in the United States right now. That number comes directly from CyberSeek, a project supported by NIST and the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education. Half a million openings — and the gap keeps widening. If you've been searching for jobs in
A former teacher I mentored landed a security analyst role in 2023 at $92,000 — with no prior IT experience and one certification earned in eight months. That's not an outlier anymore. The cybersecurity talent shortage has pushed salaries to levels that make even seasoned software engineers reconsider
In 2023, there were roughly 3.5 million unfilled cybersecurity jobs worldwide. That number hasn't budged much heading into 2024. Meanwhile, the average cost of a data breach hit $4.45 million according to IBM's latest report. Organizations are desperate for qualified talent, and an online
3.5 Million Open Positions and Counting Cybersecurity Ventures projected 3.5 million unfilled cybersecurity jobs globally by the end of 2021 — and as of mid-2022, we're not even close to filling them. The (ISC)² 2021 Cybersecurity Workforce Study pegged the global workforce gap at 2.72 million
3.5 Million Open Positions and Salaries That Reflect the Desperation Cybersecurity Ventures projects 3.5 million unfilled cybersecurity jobs globally in 2025. We're already feeling the squeeze in 2022. That talent gap isn't just a headline — it's the single biggest driver of what
485,000 Unfilled Cybersecurity Jobs — And Counting CyberSeek's latest data shows roughly 714,548 cybersecurity job openings in the United States as of early 2022, with only about 1.1 million people employed in the field. That gap is enormous. If you're researching an online computer
3.5 Million Unfilled Positions — And Counting Cybersecurity Ventures projected 3.5 million unfilled cybersecurity jobs globally by 2021. We've hit that number. Right now, organizations across every sector — healthcare, finance, government, retail — are scrambling to hire people who understand how to defend networks, investigate breaches, and build
Colonial Pipeline just paid a $4.4 million ransom to a threat actor group called DarkSide. That attack — which shut down fuel distribution across the U.S. East Coast this month — has done more for cybersecurity hiring than any recruiting campaign ever could. Every board of directors in America is
The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack this week shut down fuel distribution across the Eastern United States. One attack. One compromised password. Millions of people affected. If you needed a reason to pursue an online computer security degree in 2021, you're watching it play out on live television right
The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a 33% growth rate for information security analyst roles through 2033 — roughly six times faster than the average for all occupations. Yet right now, in 2026, roughly 500,000 cybersecurity positions in the U.S. remain unfilled. If you've been searching for
