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Indeed: U.S. cybersecurity job postings grew 3.5% in past year

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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U.S. cybersecurity jobs grew 3.5 percent in the past year, while job searches for cybersecurity roles increased 5.7 percent, according to a new report by job posting site Indeed.

Indeed knows that if you’ve tuned into the news lately, you’re aware cybersecurity is a huge issue. From breaches of privacy to election controversies, it can impact pretty much everybody. In just one incident in 2017, 143 million Americans were directly hit when an Equifax data breach exposed their sensitive personal information.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.