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3,779 adults in Australia, Estonia,France, Germany, Japan, Poland, Qatar, Republic of Korea,
Saudi Arabia, UK, United Arab Emirates, and the
U.S., ages 18 to 26.
The margin of error for the survey was plus or
minus 1.6 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level. The 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016
surveys sampled different individuals.
NCSA Executive Director Michael Kaiser
“When it comes to guidance for pursuing cybersecurity careers, young adults say parents are the
most influential figure in shaping their career choices, but most millennials don’t believe their parents
are prepared to help them pursue a career in cybersecurity,” said Michael Kaiser, executive director of the National Cyber Security Alliance.
“As parents, leaders and educators we need to
better communicate the opportunities in the cybersecurity field and help guide students to them.”
For more detail and analysis of the survey findings,
please visit www.RaytheonCyber.com/TalentGap.
(The demand for cybersecurity professionals continues to
outpace the number of qualified people ready to fill these positions resulting in a cybersecurity talent gap. Find out how
you can help develop tomorrow’s cyber workforce and close
the gap. Courtesy of Raytheon and YouTube)
Methodology
Securing Our Future: Closing the Cybersecurity
Talent Gap was fielded by Zogby Analytics from
Aug. 11, 2016 to Aug. 26, 2016.
The responses were generated from a survey of
The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) is
the nation’s leading nonprofit public-private partnership promoting the safe and secure use of the
Internet and digital privacy.
Working with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), private sector sponsors and nonprofit
collaborators to promote cybersecurity awareness, NCSA board members include representatives from ADP, AT&T, Bank of America, BlackBerry, Comcast Corporation, ESET, Facebook,
Google, Intel, Logical Operations, Microsoft,
PayPal, PKWARE, RSA – the Security Division
of EMC, Raytheon, Symantec, Verizon and Visa.
NCSAM was created as a collaborative effort between government and industry to ensure every American has the
resources they need to stay safer and more secure online.
NCSA leads initiatives for STOP.THINK.CONNECT., a global cybersecurity awareness campaign to help all digital citizens stay safer and
more secure online; Data Privacy Day, celebrated annually on January 28 and National Cyber
Security Awareness Month, launched every October.
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