Cybersecurity employers report persistent difficulty finding skilled candidates

The DSCI and SANS Institute Indian Cyber Security Skilling Landscape Report 2025–26, released 1 May 2026, reported that 73% of enterprises and 68% of providers saw limited availability of skilled cybersecurity candidates. It also said 84% of organisations reported taking between one and six months to fill cybersecurity roles. [Source: DSCI and SANS Institute, 1 May 2026.]

The study covers cybersecurity talent broadly; it is not a survey of cybersecurity-sales vacancies.

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