In 2024, when asked which security skills are the most important to their cybersecurity organizations' needs, 46 percent of respondents placed data protection in their top five required skills. Another skill listed by 30 percent of the respondents was data collection and correlation (SIEM, SOAR).
Most important security skills required in companies worldwide in 2024
Cybersecurity professionals who hold the ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) certification or have registered information security job titles.
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