Just recently, Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital paid approximately $17,000 to hackers holding its computer network hostage. This was just the latest in a long line of data breaches.
According to PrivacyRights.com, some of the other high-profile victims – just in 2016 – include the IRS (101,000 taxpayers), Washington State Health Authority (91,000 Medicaid patients), and Time Warner Cable (320,000 customers). The first quarter of 2016 has also seen data breaches at Hyatt Hotels, Neiman-Marcus, Wendy’s and too many other companies to list in this paragraph.
These data breaches highlight the need for cybersecurity experts, but according to a recent report by Experis Manpower Group, there is a global security talent shortage, including policy writers, ethical hackers, and technical security solutions engineers. In fact, by 2019, there will be a 1.5 million fewerinformation security workers than needed.
What’s contributing to this problem, what are the implications, and what can be done to close the gap? GoodCall spoke with several experts who offer a variety of thought-provoking responses. For the full article click here
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