Contact Jordan LaPier Director (202) 495-3320 jlapier@ourpublicservice.org Cybersecurity Talent Shortage Calls For More Training and Better Hiring Methods November 17, 2020 Even as the country potentially faces increasing numbers of Covid-19 cases, unemployment numbers have been falling. However, one sector that has been largely unaffected by the novel coronavirus has been cybersecurity, and even with shutdowns this year, the talent shortage has neared “danger level” by some estimates.