How Do You Find The Talent You Need?

People with such "high value" skills as intrusion detection, secure software development and attack mitigation are the toughest to find, Intel said. In addition, the majority of survey respondents – 53 percent – said the cybersecurity skills shortage is worse than shortages in other IT disciplines.

The big question is: How do you find the security talent you need?

Barrett, of Intermedia, is working LinkedIn a lot more these days, even ponying up $120 a month to have access to recruiter tools on the social media site for professionals.

"It's the only thing I'm seeing work," he told IT Best of Breed. By contrast, the traditional approach of sending out job descriptions is not working, he said.