When evaluating candidates, 90% of cybersecurity hiring managers would consider candidates with prior IT work experience only.

Nearly 25% of cybersecurity hiring managers who recruit from education programmes (55% of participants) have sourced candidates from programmes outside of computer science, IT or cybersecurity.

50% of cybersecurity hiring managers expect junior-level cybersecurity professionals to handle Relevant Frameworks.

35% of cybersecurity hiring managers expect entry-level cybersecurity professionals to handle Alert and Event Management.

45% of cybersecurity hiring managers stated that training junior-level cybersecurity team members to handle tasks independently typically takes 4–9 months.