How cybersecurity professionals are trained in Spain

A 90% of cybersecurity professionals in Spain considers that traditional training that The University's teaching is not fully in line with the to the needs of the marketThe approach is still very theoretical and not up to date with the real demands of the labour market. In fact, only 7% of the professionals currently working in cyber security in Spain claims to have been trained in this branch of technology through a traditional university degree or degree course.

In this sense, of those professionals currently working in the field of cybersecurity, the 40% claim to have been trained through bootcamps and intensive courses, while the 30% has done so through specialised masters in this area. On the other hand, a 23% from the professionals respondents say they have done so autonomously. 

These are some of the main data extracted by the survey "...".The needs and future of cybersecurity training"carried out between IMMUNE Technology Institute together with Constella Intelligence on the occasion of the Cybersecurity Month which takes place in October. The aim of the survey, carried out among more than 100 Spanish professionals in the field of cybersecurity, was to find out what the training trend is in an area with a high level of high employability rate.

Among the surveyed professionals currently working in this field, 90% say they receive cybersecurity training within their companies. although more than half of them do so sporadically, once or twice a year, and only 10% does this on a regular basis, at least once a month.

Also, stresses that 10% of the professionals surveyed who want to enter the cybersecurity field do not have any previous training in the technological field. 

The demand for professional profiles in cybersecurity

In the words of Juan Riva de Aldama, CEO and founder of IMMUNE Technology InstituteThe data from this survey shows us that the great challenge ahead for educational institutionsWe have to be able to reinvent ourselves, and to adapt training to the current needs of the business sector and with the aim of training people who are prepared for today's working reality.

For its part, Alex Romero, COO and co-founder of Constella IntelligenceThe COVID-19 pandemic accelerated pre-existing digital transformation trends and distributed remote workforces, increasing the digital footprints and attack surfaces of individuals and businesses and presenting a reality that is here to stay. To safeguard this expanding digital infrastructure, the specialised cybersecurity professionals and well-trained will remain a critical need in virtually all sectors".

In this regard, according to the data provided by INCIBE, the number of cybersecurity professionals needed in 2021 was 63,191 jobs, a figure that is expected to exceed 83,000 by 2024. These figures, compared with the lack of trained profiles currently reflects the clear need to promote training in this sector.