Cybersecurity Freelance Career
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The exact change
"The difference between successful security freelancers and those who struggle is not technical skill -- most people who pursue security consulting have the skills. The difference is business acumen: can you clearly explain what you do and its value, quote a fair price confidently, deliver on time, and write reports that non-technical executives can act on? The technical work is 40% of the job. The other 60% is business." -- Independent security consultant with 12 years of practice ...ISC2 estimates a global shortage of 3.4 million cybersecurity professionals.
The difference between successful security freelancers and those who struggle is often not technical skill, since most people who pursue security consulting already have the skills. The difference tends to be business acumen: the ability to clearly explain what you do and its value, quote a fair price confidently, deliver on time, and write reports that non-technical executives can act on. Technical work is only part of the job; the business side matters just as much. ...ISC2's workforce studies have consistently found a multi-million-person global cybersecurity talent gap.
Suggested change
De-attributed the unverifiable quote to plain prose and corrected a stale ISC2 workforce-gap statistic (3.4 million, actually ~4.8 million as of the 2024 study) to a non-time-bound qualitative statement.
Why this is better
De-attributed a quote incorrectly attributed to an anonymous 'Independent security consultant with 12 years of practice' with a suspiciously precise 40%/60% breakdown - no verifiable source. Also corrected a stale ISC2 workforce-gap statistic (3.4 million is from the 2022 report; the most recent 2024 ISC2 study puts the gap at approximately 4.8 million) by removing the outdated specific figure in favor of a non-time-bound qualitative statement.
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