In an increasingly interconnected world, cybersecurity is a critical field safeguarding the digital and physical infrastructure that underpins our daily lives. Over the past decades, technology’s ability to strengthen the security posture of both products and organizations has advanced significantly. However, cyber attacks are conducted by people using technology, and technology alone cannot understand and analyze human behavior, motivations and intent – all necessary elements in identifying, combatting and mitigating cyber attacks. Technology simply cannot replace the human factor in cybersecurity, especially to think through challenges in context and with creativity. Human input – and a diverse range of input of that – is needed to effectively predict, model, and deter cyber threats.
Currently, the demand for cybersecurity professionals far outstrips the supply: there are 600,000open roles just in the U.S. , but over 3.4 million open around the globe - and the need to fill these positions will only grow as we continue to integrate technology into our lives in myriad ways, and attackers seek to take advantage of that fact.
Read Next
Cybersecurity Coalition Comments on CRA Implementing Regulation on Technical Descriptions of Products with Digital Elements
The Cybersecurity Coalition submitted comments to the European Commission’s open consultation on its draft Implementing Regulation on critical products with digital elements.
Cybersecurity Coalition Comments on UK Ransomware Proposals
The Cybersecurity Coalition submitted comments to the Home Office’s open consultation on Ransomware legislative proposals: reducing payments to cyber criminals and increasing incident reporting.
EU Releases Digital Europe Work Programmes for 2025-2027
The European Commission and the European Cybersecurity Competence Centre both released Work Programmes, which describe funding for the EU’s Digital Europe Programme.