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CyberSeek: Cybersecurity Career and Workforce Data
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CyberSeek is primarily a workforce and labor market tool for the cybersecurity sector; it is tangential to AI safety but may be relevant when discussing talent pipelines for AI security or cyber-AI policy intersections.
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Summary
CyberSeek is an interactive tool providing detailed data on the cybersecurity job market, including supply and demand metrics, career pathways, and workforce gaps. It helps job seekers, employers, and policymakers understand the cybersecurity talent landscape in the United States. The platform is funded by the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) and developed by CompTIA and Burning Glass Technologies.
Key Points
- •Provides interactive heatmaps showing cybersecurity job supply and demand across U.S. states and metro areas
- •Offers a career pathway tool mapping entry, mid, and advanced cybersecurity roles with required skills and certifications
- •Highlights the significant workforce gap in cybersecurity, with hundreds of thousands of unfilled positions nationally
- •Helps employers and policymakers identify talent shortages and prioritize workforce development investments
- •Supported by NIST's NICE program to strengthen the national cybersecurity workforce pipeline
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Empowering Careers
in Cybersecurity
Close the cybersecurity talent gap with
interactive tools
and data
## Navigate the Cybersecurity Job Market with Ease with the Workforce Map
Grasp the challenges and opportunities facing your local workforce snapshot of demand and supply
data for cybersecurity jobs.
[Go to Dashboard](https://www.cyberseek.org/heatmap.html)
## Start and advance your career in cybersecurity with the Career Pathway Dashboard
Explore the many opportunities for workers in cybersecurity, discovering detailed information
about salaries, credentials, and skillsets.
[Go to Dashboard](https://www.cyberseek.org/pathway.html)
## Transform your career in cybersecurity with the Education and Training Providers Map
Find an educator or training center near you and develop your cybersecurity expertise.
[Go to Dashboard](https://www.cyberseek.org/training.html)
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### Cybersecurity Insights
Cybersecurity threats grow more pervasive and the consequences more dire with each passing year. While progress
is evident on many fronts, cybersecurity will always be a moving target. To guide cybersecurity career and
skills development, CyberSeek provides detailed, actionable data, metrics and pathways across the cybersecurity
workforce.
### Cybersecurity hiring by experience / education
**Experience:** Employers continue to hire across the spectrum of starting, mid, and advanced-level
cybersecurity positions
May 2024-April 2025
**Education:** While employer hiring tends to skew towards 4-year degrees or higher, skills-based
hiring continues to gain momentum with consideration for a broader range of candidate backgrounds
Global estimate
#### 4,970,000
Mid-point estimate
of the size of the global cybersecurity workforce
### 4.4m - 5.5m
Range estimate using lower end and higher end
estimation factors
See Methodology for estimation notes
Cybersecurity job openings
### 514,359
Number of employer job listings for cybersecurity positions in U.S.
market during reporting period
AI + Security
### 10%
Percent of cybersecurity job listings that specifically reference
artificial intelligence (AI) skills as a requirement for the job role
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