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The Santa Clara, California-based cyber security company said it did a survey of 300 senior security\u00a0managers and 650 security professionals at major corporations. And 78 percent of respondents said that the current generation entering the work force \u2014 those that grew up playing video games \u2014 are stronger candidates for cyber security roles.<\/p>\n
The report suggests that gamers,\u00a0those engaged and immersed in online competitions, may be the logical next step to plugging the skills gap. 92 percent of respondents believe that gaming affords players experience and\u00a0skills critical to cyber security threat hunting: logic, perseverance, an understanding of how to\u00a0approach adversaries and a fresh outlook compared to traditional cyber security hires.<\/p>\n
Information technology (IT) security staff say they need to increase their security staff by 24 percent to adequately\u00a0manage their organization\u2019s cyber threats. But 84 percent say it is difficult to attract talent. And 81 percent of respondents said cyber security would be more successful if\u00a0greater automation were implemented.<\/p>\n
By pairing\u00a0human intelligence with automated tasks and putting human-machine teaming in practice,\u00a0automated programs handle basic security protocols while practitioners have their time freed up\u00a0to proactively address unknown threats, McAfee said.<\/p>\n
A quarter of respondents say that automation frees up time to focus on innovation and value-added work. 32 percent of those\u00a0not investing in automation say it is due to lack of in-house skills.<\/p>\n
More than half (57 percent) report that using games increases awareness and IT staff\u00a0knowledge of how breaches can occur. 43\u00a0percent say gamification enforces a teamwork culture needed for quick and\u00a0effective cybersecurity.\u00a077 percent of senior managers agree that their organization would be\u00a0safer if they leveraged more gamification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
McAfee finds that gamers can work cyber security jobs The Santa Clara, California-based cyber security company said it did a survey of 300 senior security\u00a0managers and 650 security professionals at major corporations. And 78 percent of respondents said that the current generation entering the work force \u2014 those that grew up playing video games \u2014 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[153],"tags":[243,245,244],"class_list":["post-891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-items","tag-cyber-security","tag-gamers","tag-mcafee"],"yoast_head":"\n