The cybersecurity workforce is under pressure. Technologies like AI and cloud are reshaping roles faster than job descriptions can keep up, talent shortages persist, and capable workers remain overlooked due to outdated hiring filters.
These challenges were central to our recent webinar, Future-Proofing the Workforce: Turning Insight into Readiness, where cybersecurity and workforce leaders examined what’s happening beneath the surface of today’s cyber talent pipeline.
One insight emerged clearly: The issue isn’t a lack of data or a lack of talent — it’s the disconnect between insight and action.
Workforce data shows rapidly shifting skill requirements and declining reliability of traditional credentials as predictors of job readiness. Employers are signaling demand through hiring practices and compensation, yet those signals are often lost when organizations rely on static titles and rigid workforce models.
At the same time, many organizations already have more capability than they realize.
The opportunity lies in skills visibility.
When leaders can see what skills exist across their workforce, where gaps are emerging, and how roles are evolving, workforce planning shifts from reactive hiring to intentional design. Internal mobility increases. Training investments become targeted. Readiness becomes measurable.
Journeys Map supports this shift by translating learning, experience, and work into a shared skills language. The platform helps cybersecurity employers and workforce partners align hiring, development, and planning with the realities of today’s cyber landscape — not outdated assumptions.
If your organization is asking how skills, adaptability, and readiness actually show up in practice, this conversation is just beginning.