The need for cybersecurity and IT specialization in the healthcare industry is becoming a major issue, since there aren’t many available professionals. While there are more targeted reasons as to why this matter specifically affects healthcare, it’s part of a bigger issue on the overall lack of skill among professionals in cybersecurity (across all industries). Considering how cyberattacks are becoming more frequent, severe, and are targeting a broader number of victims, the lack of available professionals to address these glaring concerns isn’t necessarily a coincidence.
There are a variety of different ramifications that have manifested as a result of the lackluster numbers of cybersecurity specialists available to combat these growing numbers of attacks, most of which can be broken down in the form of statistics. The infographic below goes into very specific detail on how low the availability of cybersecurity professionals truly is, along with the rising number of threats companies and people’s private information now face as a result.