Given the increase in cyber attacks against healthcare organizations, cybersecurity is a top priority for many hospitals and health systems, yet there is currently a shortage in experienced cybersecurity professionals, according to a research report from Burning Glass Technologies.
While cybersecurity positions have historically been prevalent among defense contractors and government agencies, there is has been a hiring boom in industries like finance, healthcare and retail, the report says. Burning Glass Technologies is a Boston-based job market analytics provider and the report provides a cybersecurity job market analysis.
The healthcare industry has seen a 121 percent increase in the demand for cybersecurity workers in the past five years, and the authors of the Burning Glass Technologies report credit this increase to the fact that healthcare organizations manage increasing volumes of consumer data. Yet, the healthcare industry is competing with other industries for experienced cybersecurity professionals.
Job postings for cybersecurity positions have grown 91 percent from 2010 to 2014, across all industries. And, due to the gap between demand and supply, cybersecurity professionals can command salaries that are 9 percent higher, on average, than other IT professionals. Cybersecurity jobs took 8 percent longer to fill than IT job postings overall in 2014, the report found. For the full article click here
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