Security News > 2022 > January > SecOps teams are understaffed and overworked

Organisations have work to do if they want to attract and retain diverse talent in their security operations teams, according to SOC.OS and Sapio Research.

23% or respondents said they're struggling to incentivise, motivate and retain their SecOps teams.

A vicious cycle: 36% said that because SecOps teams are understaffed and overworked, job satisfaction and wellbeing is low.

"Diversity and inclusion is widely understood to drive improved results, create a better working environment and help tackle industry skills shortages", said Dave Mareels, CEO of SOC.OS. To rectify the situation and find and hold on to diverse talent, the industry should be educating younger people about their SecOps job prospects, according to over half of respondents.

"Skills shortages are problem across the cybersecurity industry and SecOps is no different. While technology can take some of the strain off by automating processes, you still need hungry, motivated analysts to drill down into those alerts," added Mareels.

"The new year traditionally sees a flurry of job-hunting activity, and in 2022 this will be exacerbated by the pandemic. We're calling on employers to up their game on diversity, in order to build the skilled SecOps teams they need to protect the organisation from spiralling cyber-threats."

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