1、2025 Cybersecurity Skills GapGlobal Research ReportContents 3Methodology 4ExecutiveSummary 7AIIsSeenasaThreat,anOpportunity,andaChallenge13BoardsLackCyberKnowledgeEvenThoughItsaPriority20LackofCybersecurityAwarenessandTrainingRemainstheTopCauseofBreaches27OrganizationsWantCybersecurityPersonnelwithC

2、ertifications34PotentialTalentPoolsAreBeingOverlooked40Conclusion41AboutFortinetFortinet 2025 Cybersecurity Skills Gap Global Research Report2MethodologyThe findings in this report are based on responses obtained from online interviews and an email survey of 1,850 IT and cybersecurity decision maker

3、s,conducted by Sapio Research in February 2025.Responses were obtained from 29 locations:Total respondents:1,850Asia-Pacific30%Europe,Middle East,and Africa27%North America22%Latin America22%Role Type12%of respondents held owner positions34%of respondents held C-level executive positions9%of respond

4、ents held vice president positions11%of respondents held head positions33%of respondents held director positionsTop Three Business Sectors:Technology22%Manufacturing16%Financial Services12%Size of Company100-499 employees25%500-999 employees24%1,000-2,499 employees22%2,500-4,999 employees14%5,000+em

5、ployees15%Gender69%of respondents were male31%of respondents were femaleOverall results are accurate to 2.3%at a 95%confidence limit.Due to rounding,percentages may not total 100%.Argentina Australia Brazil Canada Colombia France Germany Hong Kong India Indonesia Israel Italy Japan Mainland China Ma

6、laysia Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Philippines Singapore South Africa South Korea Spain Sweden Taiwan Thailand United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States of America Fortinet 2025 Cybersecurity Skills Gap Global Research Report3AI is seen as a threat,an opportunity,and a challengePotential