{"id":1017635,"date":"2026-06-30T07:56:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T02:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1017635"},"modified":"2026-06-30T08:09:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T02:39:32","slug":"cyber-talent-gap-widens-as-demand-for-hybrid-skills-outpaces-supply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/06\/30\/cyber-talent-gap-widens-as-demand-for-hybrid-skills-outpaces-supply\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber talent gap widens as demand for hybrid skills outpaces supply"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly half of all cybersecurity roles globally remain unfilled as companies struggle to find professionals who possess both technical expertise and business acumen, according to a report by Accenture. <\/p>\n<p>The report titled &#8216;Reinventing the cyber workforce&#8217; revealed that 46 per cent of cybersecurity positions are currently vacant. <\/p>\n<p>It noted that while 59 per cent of open roles require a hybrid blend of technical depth, business knowledge, and leadership qualities, only 40 per cent of the current workforce is employed in roles that fit that profile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly half of all cybersecurity roles globally remain unfilled as companies struggle to find professionals who possess both technical expertise and business acumen, according to a report by Accenture. The report titled &#8216;Reinventing the cyber workforce&#8217; revealed that 46 per cent of cybersecurity positions are currently vacant. It noted that while 59 per cent of open roles require a hybrid blend of technical depth, business knowledge, and leadership qualities, only 40 per cent of the current workforce is employed in roles that fit that profile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,4,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1017635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-economic-times","category-newspapers","category-the-economic-times"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1017635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1017635"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1017635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1017655,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1017635\/revisions\/1017655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1017635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1017635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1017635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}