How many cybersecurity staff does your organization actually need?
This free calculator benchmarks your current security team against global industry standards By sector and headcount. It shows exactly how many FTEs you’re short.
How much AI tooling can offset the gap, and what it would cost to close it through hiring alone. Based on ISC², ISACA, IBM, and WEF 2024 data.
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Cybersecurity Skills Gap
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Enter your organization’s headcount and sector to see how many security FTEs you’re short — and how much AI can offset the gap. Based on global benchmark data from ISC², ISACA, and the WEF.
Your organization
Total employees 500
5050,000+
Current security team (FTEs) 5
0200
Industry sector
AI security tools deployed
FTE shortfall
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security staff below benchmark
AI-equivalent offset
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FTEs AI tools can replace
Remaining exposure
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FTEs still needed after AI
Annual hiring cost
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to close gap via hiring alone
Staffing composition — visual breakdown
Current staff
AI offset
Remaining gap
Assessment
Adjust the sliders to generate your personalized assessment.
Global reference benchmarks
Global shortage
4.8M
cybersecurity workers needed worldwide (ISC² 2024)
Avg. salary
$112K
median cybersecurity analyst salary, US (BLS 2024)
Time to hire
21 wks
average time to fill a security role (ISACA 2024)
AI uplift
40×
alert triage speed improvement with AI-assisted SOC
Alert fatigue
67%
of analysts consider quitting due to alert volume (Tines)
Financial sector
1:500
recommended ratio: 1 security FTE per 500 employees