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Thailand cybersecurity workforce gap
~25,000-35,000 unfilled roles
Thailand's cybersecurity workforce gap is estimated at approximately 25,000-35,000 unfilled roles as of 2024 per (ISC)2 Cybersecurity Workforce Study Asia-Pacific extrapolation, NCSA workforce planning estimates, and Thai Information Security Association (TISA) member surveys. The gap is concentrated in mid-level analyst roles (SOC tier-2/tier-3), cloud security engineers, application security testers, and DFIR specialists. Government and banking compete with the regional cluster (Singapore, KL, Manila MSSPs) for the same talent pool, with significant outbound poaching at the senior end. The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (MDES) ramped university curriculum mandates and NCSA-led certification scholarships from 2023 onward, but the supply-demand gap is widening faster than these programmes can close it.
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Thailand's cybersecurity workforce gap is estimated at approximately 25,000-35,000 unfilled roles as of 2024 per (ISC)2 Cybersecurity Workforce Study Asia-Pacific extrapolation, NCSA workforce planning estimates, and Thai Information Security Association (TISA) member surveys. The gap is concentrated in mid-level analyst roles (SOC tier-2/tier-3), cloud security engineers, application security testers, and DFIR specialists. Government and banking compete with the regional cluster (Singapore, KL, Manila MSSPs) for the same talent pool, with significant outbound poaching at the senior end. The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (MDES) ramped university curriculum mandates and NCSA-led certification scholarships from 2023 onward, but the supply-demand gap is widening faster than these programmes can close it.
Thailand's cybersecurity workforce gap is estimated at approximately 25,000-35,000 unfilled roles as of 2024 per (ISC)2 Cybersecurity Workforce Study Asia-Pacific extrapolation, NCSA workforce planning estimates, and Thai Information Security Association (TISA) member surveys. The gap is concentrated in mid-level analyst roles (SOC tier-2/tier-3), cloud security engineers, application security testers, and DFIR specialists. Government and banking compete with the regional cluster (Singapore, KL, Manila MSSPs) for the same talent pool, with significant outbound poaching at the senior end. The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (MDES) ramped university curriculum mandates and NCSA-led certification scholarships from 2023 onward, but the supply-demand gap is widening faster than these programmes can close it.
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FY2024
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Thailand's cybersecurity workforce gap is estimated at approximately 25,000-35,000 unfilled roles as of 2024 per (ISC)2 Cybersecurity Workforce Study Asia-Pacific extrapolation, NCSA workforce planning estimates, and Thai Information Security Association (TISA) member surveys. The gap is concentrated in mid-level analyst roles (SOC tier-2/tier-3), cloud security engineers, application security testers, and DFIR specialists. Government and banking compete with the regional cluster (Singapore, KL, Manila MSSPs) for the same talent pool, with significant outbound poaching at the senior end. The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (MDES) ramped university curriculum mandates and NCSA-led certification scholarships from 2023 onward, but the supply-demand gap is widening faster than these programmes can close it.
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