The continuing jobs crisis regarding the availability of quality IT security professionals can be summed up with an old adage: Penny wise, pound foolish. That's because workers in the field are in greater demand than ever before, but companies often don't invest in them until after a crisis strikes. According to specialized recruiters, the talent dearth lies with a general failure to make security an utmost priority to develop and retain skilled experts charged to protect the family jewels. Unfortunately, corporations usually wait until they're hacked and then overpay for outside consultants, rather than prepare proactively in-house for the real possibility - or more accurately, inevitability -they might be a target for a major breach. Experts by and large concur that better recruitment at the university level may improve the future situation, which these days increasingly includes going overseas for qualified candidates. Moreover, it behooves the industry to promote IT security as a hot, well-paying career to young computer/ mobile enthusiasts before they even graduate high school and, ideally, instill that philosophy within education curricula as early as possible.
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