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<p>Steve Morgan, founder of Cybersecurity Ventures, presents this scenario: Imagine if street crime exploded and society had millions of unfilled law enforcement jobs, and those positions remained open. The outcome? Utter chaos, he says. And the same goes for <a href="https://fortune.com/education/information-technology/best-online-masters-in-cybersecurity/">cybersecurity</a>.</p><div class="paywall-selector"></div><div class="paywall">



<p>“That’s our cyber risk if we don’t fill positions in our industry,” he tells <em>Fortune.</em> </p>



<p>Between 2013 and 2021, the number of open cybersecurity jobs worldwide grew 350% from 1 million to 3.5 million, according to Cybersecurity Ventures’<em> </em><a href="https://boardroomcybersecurity.com">Boardroom Cybersecurity Report</a><em> </em>shared exclusively with <em>Fortune </em>ahead of its release. The cybersecurity research company predicts that in five years, those jobs will still be open—even though cybersecurity professionals, on average, make well over <a href="https://fortune.com/education/business/articles/2022/07/27/what-you-need-to-land-a-six-figure-cybersecurity-job/">six figures</a>.</p>



<p>“We have so many highly talented people in our industry, but there’s a mismatch in the number of working security professionals relative to <a href="https://fortune.com/education/business/articles/2022/06/30/companies-are-desperate-for-cybersecurity-workers-more-than-700k-positions-need-to-be-filled/">growing needs</a> in the global market,” Wendy Thomas, president and CEO of Secureworks, tells <em>Fortune. </em>“While technology, including automation and machine learning, can help shrink the gap, it’s not sufficient.”</p>



<p>The goal of the<em> </em><a href="http://BoardroomCybersecurity.com">Boardroom Cybersecurity Report</a><em> </em>is to demystify cybercrime and cybersecurity topics, which boardroom and C-suite executives tell Cybersecurity Ventures can be “too technical, and use terms they don’t understand.” Simply put, cybercrime damages are costing companies trillions of dollars while the cybersecurity talent gap just continues to widen.</p>



<p>“Think of the growing gap as a dam. If small holes start to appear, the risk that the dam will fail increases exponentially,” Thomas adds. “As hackers continue to successfully grow their e-crime businesses, it further erodes our collective wall of defense.”</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-how-cyberattacks-are-costing-companies">How cyberattacks are costing companies</h2>



<p>According to the report, cybercrime damages are predicted to cost $9.5 trillion globally in 2024, and the cost is only going to increase. During the next four years, Cybersecurity Ventures expects global cybercrime costs to grow by 15% each year. By comparison, cybercrime damages cost $3 trillion globally in 2015.</p>



<p>Thomas explains that cybercrime continues because hackers are opportunistic and their organizations are financially motivated; they need just one unlocked door to steal money from a company.</p>



<p>“To break the hacker profit model, companies have to make themselves a hard target,” she says. “Failure to do so is to await the inevitable day the adversary finds their way into your unlocked door.”</p>



<p>Ransomware is one of the most prolific types of cybercrime. This is a type of malicious software used to block access to a computer system until a ransom—or amount of money—is paid to the attacker. Under the premise that cyberattacks happen every two seconds, Cybersecurity Ventures predicts that ransomware will cost victims about $265 billion annually by 2031. Consequently, the company also projects that the cyber-insurance market will grow to $14.8 billion in 2025, but $34 billion by 2031.</p>



<p>“To mitigate threats, CEOs need to understand the areas of greatest risk to their business from a successful cyberattack and balance their investment in security protection accordingly,” Thomas says. The three areas of cybersecurity investment with high return include employee education, having holistic detection capabilities, and recovery preparation, she adds.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-how-executives-should-take-action">How executives should take action</h2>



<p>The focus on cybersecurity needs to start in the boardroom, Morgan argues. CEOs at every Fortune<em> </em>500 company and midsize to large organization should advocate to have those with cybersecurity experience on their board, he says. </p>



<p>“That could be the [<a href="https://fortune.com/education/articles/more-cybersecurity-training-and-better-hiring-practices-could-help-narrow-the-talent-gap-ciso-says/">chief information security officer</a>] or an outside executive with real-world cybersecurity experience,” he says. “Do it now to protect your organization, not after a breach or hack to protect your reputation.”</p>



<p>By 2025, 35% of <a href="https://fortune.com/fortune500/">Fortune<em> </em>500</a> companies will have board members with cybersecurity experience, according to the Cybersecurity Ventures report, and by 2031 that will climb to more than 50%. By comparison, last year just 17% of Fortune<em> </em>500 companies had board members with this type of background.</p>



<p>The thought is that if cybersecurity is a regular boardroom discussion, then the importance of it will trickle down to the rest of the organization, Morgan says, becoming a part of the company’s DNA. He encourages executives to take cybersecurity as seriously as profit and loss discussions.</p>



<p><strong>Learn more</strong>: What you need to land a <a href="https://fortune.com/education/articles/what-you-need-to-land-a-six-figure-cybersecurity-job/">six-figure cybersecurity job</a></p>



<p>“The alternative is ugly—the CISO comes running for money that was never set aside, and it’s not their fault even though they are oftentimes the scapegoat,” Morgan says. “Put your money where your mouth is; that’s never been more true than it is with cybersecurity.”</p>



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