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2022 is shaping up to deliver more tech jobs than ever in cyber security. Report by Cybersecurity Ventures details the growth of unfulfilled jobs globally has hit a 350 per cent increase since 2019.
That amounts to 3.5 million global cyber security job opportunities in 2021, and it is expected that this will stay the same until 2025.
2021 was a massive year for cyber security, with the increase in cyber-attacks pushing a wider than ever range of industries and governments to address the cyber security sector. In its recent brochure, CISOaaS.online highlights some concerning Australian security statistics, such as the $33 billion in total self-reported losses from cybercrimes and a 13 per cent increase in cybercrime reports from 2020 to 2021. In addition, ransomware, tipped as the number one concern for organisations this year, was up 15 per cent between 2020 and 2021.
AuCyberscape expects cyber security spending by Australians to increase to A$7.6 billion by 2024. Rapidly snowballing, the Australian cyber security workforce is anticipated to increase to 33,500 in the next two years.
IBM coined the term ‘new-collar workers’, which is all the buzz right now. This term is attributed to those who develop technical and soft skills through unconventional means to tap job sectors such as cyber security and other growing technology industries.
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