Security News > 2020 > July > Closing the skills gap can minimize the business impact of cyberattacks

CISOs who are successful at reducing or closing the critical skills gap have the highest probability of minimizing the business impact of cyberattacks - even when budgets and staffing are constrained, according to the results of a new SANS Institute survey.

Even with the future uncertainty brought on by the pandemic, the survey covered staff changes in 2019, qualitative responses on what skills security managers see a need for, which needs they plan on staffing internally, and where they plan on using external service providers.

Security managers indicated they tend to fall back on attrition as the reason for requesting staff increases, which reflects a lack of meaningful cybersecurity metrics being employed at many organizations.

Security operational skills were cited as most needed by survey respondents, and cloud security skills were more sought after than network or endpoint security skills.

"By investing in training and tools skills as well as the maintenance of those skills, the increased productivity and reduced security staff attrition provides a huge return on investment."

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