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- While the escalation in cybersecurity cuts leveled off in 2025, the ISC2 survey showed economic instability is keeping IT budget expansion in check, which is a cause for concern that organizations will hold off on making needed investments in cybersecurity.
- AI is changing the IT industry as a whole, and cybersecurity specifically. Seen as both an offensive weapon and a potential defensive shield, security professionals see the technology as opportunistic for their careers rather than a threat to job security, offering them a chance to hone their skills and improve their professional trajectory.
One of the most significant challenges in cybersecurity is the resource constraints and skills gaps that plague so many organizations. Add to the mix technologies like AI that enterprising threat actors are all too eager to insert into their arsenals, and the issue of staff limitations is magnified. In its 2025 ISC2 Cybersecurity Workforce Study, the non-profit association uncovered a profession balancing the struggle to keep ahead of increasingly sophisticated adversaries while also savoring the chance to leverage AI and other technologies to elevate their defenses. The annual study of industry workplace trends, which surveyed 16,020 security professionals globally, found resource constraints are front and center in impacting the cybersecurity workplace.
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