In 2020, more than 60 percent of IT managers surveyed in Colombia and Mexico agreed that, although the recruitment and retention of skilled IT professionals was not the biggest challenge when it comes to delivering IT security to their organization, it was still significant. In Brazil, however, up to 45 percent of IT managers stated that this shortage was in fact their single most important barrier to protecting their company from cyberthreats.
Extent to which the difficulty of recruiting and retaining IT skilled personnel represents a problem for organizations to provide IT security in selected Latin American countries as of February 2020
To the question: "To what extent is recruiting and retaining skilled IT security professionals a challenge to your organization’s ability to deliver IT security?"
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Sophos. (October 12, 2020). Extent to which the difficulty of recruiting and retaining IT skilled personnel represents a problem for organizations to provide IT security in selected Latin American countries as of February 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 13, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1180424/impact-lack-killed-personnel-organizations-it-security-latin-america/
Sophos. "Extent to which the difficulty of recruiting and retaining IT skilled personnel represents a problem for organizations to provide IT security in selected Latin American countries as of February 2020." Chart. October 12, 2020. Statista. Accessed August 13, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1180424/impact-lack-killed-personnel-organizations-it-security-latin-america/
Sophos. (2020). Extent to which the difficulty of recruiting and retaining IT skilled personnel represents a problem for organizations to provide IT security in selected Latin American countries as of February 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 13, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1180424/impact-lack-killed-personnel-organizations-it-security-latin-america/
Sophos. "Extent to Which The Difficulty of Recruiting and Retaining It Skilled Personnel Represents a Problem for Organizations to Provide It Security in Selected Latin American Countries as of February 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Oct 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1180424/impact-lack-killed-personnel-organizations-it-security-latin-america/
Sophos, Extent to which the difficulty of recruiting and retaining IT skilled personnel represents a problem for organizations to provide IT security in selected Latin American countries as of February 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1180424/impact-lack-killed-personnel-organizations-it-security-latin-america/ (last visited August 13, 2022)
