Nigeria’s cybersecurity landscape is grappling with a critical shortage of skilled professionals, just as organisations face an unprecedented surge in sophisticated attacks.
From financial services to telecoms, Nigerian firms are under a talent siege. According to Check Point Software’s Global Cyber Attack Report for Q1 2025, organisations in Nigeria faced an average of 4,388 attacks per week, a 47 percent year-on-year surge. Yet many incident-response teams remain dangerously understaffed.
Deloitte’s Cybersecurity Outlook 2025 report found that 67 percent of global organisations, including those in Nigeria, are operating below their required cybersecurity headcount, crippling both the ability to prevent breaches and recover from them.