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Source: Economic Daily
The gap is as high as 500,000 to 1 million, and there is a serious shortage of practical talent
—— Cybersecurity talent demand is bullish
During the recently held 2020 National Cybersecurity Propaganda Week Summit Forum, experts and entrepreneurs at the conference called the talent shortage as one of the major problems facing the national cybersecurity industry, and it is necessary to vigorously cultivate hands-on and practical talents in cyber security.
“In the context of the technology explosion, the new infrastructure has posed more new challenges for security, and the speed of network security personnel training, security technology and development concepts cannot keep up with the technological explosion “. President of Beijing Yongxin Zhicheng Technology Co., Ltd. Cai Jingjing said that currently there are only more than 20,000 graduates of cybersecurity-related specialties every year, and China has a gap of 500,000 to 1 million in this area, especially for practical talents and practical.
Wu Jianping, an academic at the Chinese Academy of Engineering, also said that strengthening basic research and mastering core technologies is the key to solving security problems in cyberspace. The cyberspace security competition is actually a high-level talent competition, but at present, high-level talent in China is very scarce.
The “Research Report on the State of the Cybersecurity Talent Market” issued jointly by the National Cybersecurity Talent and Innovation Base and the Qi’anxin Group shows that 90% of employers have “bullish” demand for talent in cybersecurity and believe that this demand will grow in the medium and long term, of which 58% of employers believe that the demand for talents in cybersecurity will increase substantially in the short term.
At the same time, the geographical imbalance of supply and demand is the main characteristic of the current distribution of talents in cybersecurity. According to statistics, the demand and supply of talents in cybersecurity are mainly concentrated in first-rate cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. Among them, the city with the highest demand for talent is Beijing, with 29.1%; and job seekers in Beijing, with 57.8%.
“People are at the core of security, and the last mile of network security is solving people’s problems.” Cai Jingjing believes that plugging the gaps in the system on the firing range, rather than the “battlefield”, requires a large number of technical personnel to complete the job. There is a huge gap, it is recommended to strengthen talent training in colleges and universities, encourage more colleges and universities to add careers related to building network security and increase the number of enrolled students.
It is worth noting that in recent years, various regions are increasing the training of talents in cybersecurity. Fan Yuan, president of Anheng Information, said that as more colleges and universities offer specializations related to cybersecurity and the school management model continues to mature, the number and quality of school students have improved. At the same time, the enactment of various cybersecurity laws and regulations, as well as the cybersecurity needs associated with digital services driven by the new infrastructure, will surely promote structural reform on the cybersecurity talent supply side and promote the healthy development of cybersecurity talent training.
Wang Zhijian, President of Tus Net Security, revealed that to solve the talent gap in the cybersecurity industry, the company assisted in building a national talent and innovation base in cybersecurity, and established a team to prepare for the operation of the cybersecurity base training center. Network security management, technology, hands-on training and awareness training to effectively improve network security and literacy and computerization capabilities of public officials. At the same time, various forms of training are provided, such as desk study, confrontational training, and offensive and defensive drills for network security professionals to vigorously solve the problem of social talent gap in building the network. national network security.
In addition to the talent shortage, the industry also has the problem of “hard use” of talents. Cai Jingjing said: “There is a serious shortage of practical talents, and talent training cannot keep up with technological development.” She suggested that talent training should focus on practicality.
In fact, the cybersecurity talent shortage is inseparable from the fact that the offensive and defensive experience is separate from the real world and lacks systematization. Many industry experts believe that the current demand for talent in the security industry is strong, and it takes a long time to train a leading network security professional. Years of systematic experience in rich real business scenarios are required.
Chen Doudou, director of the National Office of Cybersecurity Talents and Innovation, said the actual level of operation is an important criterion for measuring cybersecurity talents. Therefore, in cyber security talent training, communication and cooperation with cyber security companies should be strengthened, and students should be more involved through school-company cooperation. In the company’s real projects, the “battlefield” should be used as an examination room, and at the same time, more experts and technical personnel from the company should be invited to teach students to shorten the distance between training talent and practical business application.
Cai Jingjing suggested that more active policies be introduced to promote network security education to pay more attention to feasibility. At the same time, business users should be deeply involved in talent creation and undergo hands-on talent training through network rank exercises, crowd testing and competition selection.
Our reporter Wang Yichen
