The cybersecurity skills gap is a problem that won't go away.

Worldwide, there are close to 3.5 million vacancies in the industry. The problem seems to be worsening, not least because we are all doing more business online.

And moves to recruit and retain more staff, as well as to widen the talent pool, take time.

In the immediate term this leaves CISOs with gaps to fill. One option is outsourcing. Another is to use “on demand” cyber specialists. But how do these options work with building larger and more effective in-house teams?

Do they go hand in hand, or are the two measures likely to conflict?

In the second of the second of our three part series looking at the evolution of the CISO role, we speak to Victoria Parker, advisory professional services manager at Orange CyberDefense.

We discuss how external experts can help organisations secure their environments now - but how CISOs still need to invest in their own teams, and that critical talent pipeline.