Cybersecurity Skills Gap

Almost half – 49 percent – of professionals surveyed said their organizations had slowed their cloud adoption due to a lack of cybersecurity skills, Intel said. (However, these shortages are more prevalent in Japan, Mexico and the countries along the Persian Gulf coast, Intel said.)

That could create an opening for managed security services providers that have the skills. Jason Rook, vice president of customer and partner success for Chicago-based 10th Magnitude, one of the fastest-growing strategic service providers of public cloud giant Microsoft Azure, said a "tight" talent market for security skills is forcing businesses to turn to service providers for help.