Accelerated Digitalization Calls for Managed IT Services
Accelerated Digitalization Calls for Managed IT Services The world’s reaction to COVID-19 has changed the way people do business. From physical stores, many businesses have opted for online stores. From office workers, many businesses have allowed their workers to work from home. The accelerated digitalization of business processes brings about the following cybersecurity trends in 2020: Trend No. 1: Continued Cybersecurity Skills Gap Long before COVID-19, cybersecurity skills gap was recognized as a problem. Estimates of cybersecurity labor shortage come by millions. A 2017 report from Cybersecurity Ventures projected that the cybersecurity skills gap would create 3.5 million unfilled jobs globally by 2021. This projection, however, didn’t foresee the current pandemic. The 2019 (ISC)² Cybersecurity Workforce Study estimated for the first time the total number of cybersecurity workforce worldwide at…