Most companies cannot fulfill cyber rolls that leave huge gaps in the defense
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Most companies cannot play empty roles for CyberSecurity professionals, so that huge gaps are left in their defense that actors can easily operate. These are some of the findings that are displayed in the 2025 CyberSecurity Readiness IndexA report that was recently published by NetWorking Giants Cisco.
The newspaper was drawn up on the basis of a double -blind study under security security and managers of 8,000 private sector in 30 global markets. In it, Cisco said that almost nine out of ten (86%) of the respondents identified the shortage of trained cyber security professionals as a “big challenge”. It was also said that more than half of the respondents had more than ten vacancy.
The shortage of skilled staff is not a new problem – TechRadar Pro has been reporting about it for years now. Even three years ago, Harvey Nash Group claimed that there is a shortage of 10,000 people a year in the British cyber security talent pool, alone. To make matters worse, those who remain in the industry are overwhelmed by work and often burned out, which also results in health problems.
Invest in AI
To tackle the problem, the new Paper from Cisco states that companies “should invest in AI-driven solutions, simplify security infrastructures and improve AI threat awareness.”
“AI prioritization for threat detection, response and recovery is essential, as well as tackling talent shortages,” concluded the company.
Artificial intelligence seems to be the underlying theme of the entire paper. Cisco said that the technology is both “revolutionization of security” as “escalating threat levels” and added that 86% of respondents were confronted with AI-related security incidents last year, and half (49%) were convinced that their employees are aware of the threat.
Finally, Cisco warned that only 4% of the organizations worldwide can be considered ‘adult’ when it comes to the level of readyness needed to effectively resist today’s cyber security threats.
“While AI is transforming the company, we are dealing with a completely new class of risks on unprecedented scale – which exerts even more pressure on our infrastructure and those who defend it,” said Cisco Chief Product Officer Jeetu Patel.
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