Government Implications from the ISC2 2024 Cyber Workforce Study

The 2024 ISC2 Cybersecurity Workforce Study reports that economic pressures and an escalating threat landscape are straining security teams through layoffs, budget cuts, and persistent staffing shortages, while GenAI is reshaping skill priorities toward problem-solving and AI/ML expertise. With an estimated 5.47M global cybersecurity professionals and a widening workforce gap of about 4.76M, the study notes that public-sector roles expect comparatively fewer cutbacks and stresses the need for comprehensive GenAI strategies to manage both benefits and new risks.