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We’ve recently seen substantial layoffs across the tech sector, to the tune of around 140,000 redundancies made by big names such as Amazon, Salesforce, Microsoft, and Tesla. As the recession bites, falling stock prices and further contraction in the market, together with merger and acquisition activity, are expected to force businesses to reduce head count further still. Yet the cybersecurity sector, thus far, has remained relatively unscathed with respect to cyber professionals (it’s a different story with vendors, which are subject to the mores of the market). The question is why, and will it continue to buck the trend?