36% of CISOs see the shortage of skilled workers as their key cybersecurity challenge

A significant challenge faced by Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) is the shortage of skilled cybersecurity professionals, with an estimated 3.5 million security analyst positions unfilled globally. This workforce gap leaves security operations centers understaffed, prompting initiatives like the Elastic Network Security Analyst learning path to address these skills deficits. The program offers self-paced, on-demand modules designed to enhance the capabilities of security analysts, engineers, and operators by covering fundamental topics such as Linux operations, network protocol analysis, packet analysis, intrusion detection, network metadata log analysis, and threat hunting. Each module provides eight hours of expert content and hands-on labs to ensure an immersive learning experience, aiming to improve the effectiveness of security operations centers and reduce organizational risk by strengthening the human layer of cybersecurity.