Cybercrime will more than triple the number of job openings to 3.5 million unfilled cybersecurity positions by 2021, and the cybersecurity unemployment rate will remain at zero-percent (Cybersecurity Ventures).
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2018 will be the “Year of Security Awareness Training" — the breakthrough year when organizations globally take the (financial) plunge and either train their employees on security for the first time, or double-down on more robust and ongoing security awareness programs (Cybersecurity Ventures).
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Global spending on security awareness training for employees is predicted to reach $10 billion by 2027, up from around $1 billion in 2014. Training employees how to recognize and defend against cyber attacks is the most under spent sector of the cybersecurity industry (Cybersecurity Ventures).
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The Palo Alto Research Center and Symantec have both projected the demand for cybersecurity talent would rise to 6 million jobs (total jobs, filled and unfilled) globally by 2019.
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Cybersecurity tops the list for the highest-paying and most in-demand jobs (Robert Williams Salary Survey).
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Cyber security jobs to increase 18 percent through 2024, which is more than twice the average for all occupations (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics).
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Two out of three high schoolers say the idea of a career in cybersecurity had never been mentioned to them by a teacher, guidance or career counselor (Raytheon).
