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WHY YOU NEED A GOOD HEAD-HUNTER TO HELP

FIGHT CYBER CRIME

by Will Bourne – Director – Cognatio Solutions

In a market driven by highly skilled professionals, it’s essential organisations attract the best
talent to help fight cyber crime and prevent future breaches. According to the National University
of Singapore ‘Cyber Crime is predicted to cost the global economy $6 Trillion by 2021.’
Therefore, investment is needed to help secure many organisations. This includes investing in
education and ensuring any future skill gaps are addressed before it’s too late. As breaches
become more frequent and complex it’s important companies use skilled recruiters to be
matched with the best talent.

The Commission on Enhancing National Cyber security suggested training over 100,000 cyber
security practitioners by 2020 will prevent the risk of skill shortages. However, 9 out of 10 CSO
and CISO’s admit these are skills their organisations require immediately. Palo Alto commented
on the lack of cyber talent in their predictions for 2017 - suggesting that as the number of cyber
security professionals increases across all industries, recruiters need to look for top talent
outside technology companies and ‘the need for non-technical security professionals will also
increase.’

So, what does this mean for the job market? Unfortunately, if you’re already in a cyber security
role your workload is set to increase dramatically if your company can’t add resources and
personnel to your team. However, with these skills being in demand it means salaries are
increasing and will continue to do so above the market average for the next few years. With a
median salary of approximately $100K, there are many opportunities for cyber security
professionals across both international organisations and start-ups. This means companies
have to work a lot harder to attract and retain employees. For example, last week Goldman
Sachs relaxed their dress code for all tech employees to try to compete with Tech Giants such
as Apple and Google.

With a market led by skilled candidates how can a good recruiter affect your business? Firstly
you’ll have access to the best candidates within the market, those both actively looking for new
roles and passive job seekers. Also a good head-hunter has the ability to influence and advise
C-suite stakeholders, communicating technical information and statistics into real time facts for
business leaders. Therefore, helping them make informed decisions about the resources they
need to secure their business.

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