- Cisco surveyed 8,000 security leaders and companies for a new report
- Most companies suffered an AI attack last year
- Filling cybersecurity roles seems to be a great challenge
Most companies cannot occupy vacant roles for cybersecurity professionals, leaving great gaps in their defenses that threat actors can easily exploit. These are some of the findings resonated in the cybersecurity preparation index 2025, a report recently published by Cisco networks giants.
The document was written based on a double blind survey of 8,000 private sector security leaders and business leaders in 30 global markets. In it, Cisco said that almost nine out of ten (86%) of respondents identified the shortage of qualified cybersecurity professionals as an “important challenge.” In addition, it was said that more than half of the respondents reported having more than ten vacancies.
The shortage of qualified personnel is not a new problem: Techradar Pro has been informing about it for years. Even three years ago, Harvey Nash Group said there is a deficit of 10,000 people a year in the United Kingdom cybersecurity talent group, alone. To make things worse, those who remain in the industry are overwhelmed by work are already burn, resulting in health problems.
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To address the problem, Cisco’s new article argues that companies should “invest in AI -promoted solutions, simplify security infrastructure and improve awareness of AI threats.”
“Prioritizing AI for the detection of threats, response and recovery is essential, as well as addressing talent scarcity,” the company concluded.
Artificial intelligence seems to be the underlying theme of the entire article. Cisco said the technology is “revolutionizing security” and “growing threat levels” and added that 86% of respondents faced IA -related security incidents last year, and half (49%) trusted that their employees know the threat.
Finally, Cisco warned that only 4% of organizations worldwide can be considered “mature” when it comes to the level of preparation necessary to effectively resist threats of current cybersecurity.
“As the company transforms, we are dealing with a completely new class of risks to an unprecedented scale, exerting even more pressure on our infrastructure and those who defend it,” said Cisco products director Jeetu Patel.
