More organisations are attributing cybersecurity breaches to the existing cyber skills gap.
This is the key finding from Fortinet's 2024 Global Cybersecurity Skills Gap Report, which surveyed key IT and cybersecurity decision-makers across 29 countries.
The report highlights ongoing challenges related to the cybersecurity skills shortage impacting organisations around the globe, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Fortinet said in the past year, nearly 90 per cent of organisational leaders said they experienced a breach that they can partially attribute to a lack of cyber skills, up from 84 per cent in the 2023 report and 80 per cent the year prior.
An estimated 4 million professionals are needed to fill the growing cybersecurity workforce gap, of which 1.3 million are required in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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