{"id":6096,"date":"2025-11-19T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ostermanresearch.com\/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&#038;p=6096"},"modified":"2025-11-19T16:19:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T03:19:01","slug":"immersive-2025-cyber-workforce-resilience","status":"publish","type":"jetpack-portfolio","link":"https:\/\/ostermanresearch.com\/portfolio\/immersive-2025-cyber-workforce-resilience\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Cyber Workforce Benchmark Report &#8211; commissioned by Immersive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Commissioned by <strong>Immersive<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Published <strong>November 2025<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Executive summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While 71% of organizations feel their readiness programs are mature, our new report reveals a troubling disconnect: key performance metrics have flatlined year-over-year. This is the \u201cReadiness Rut,\u201d a dangerous gap between perceived readiness and actual capability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Combining industry-wide survey data with performance metrics from millions of real-world cyber exercises, the 2025 Cyber Workforce Benchmark Report is the definitive look at the state of cyber resilience today. It provides the data-driven diagnosis you need to identify hidden risks, benchmark your teams, and build a truly resilient workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Immersive\u2019s report draws from:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An Immersive commissioned survey with Osterman Research of 500 cybersecurity leaders and practitioners in the U.S. and U.K. (August\u2013September 2025), capturing how organizations perceive and measure readiness.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anonymized performance data within the Immersive One platform (July 2024\u2013June 2025), representing millions of hands-on labs across industries.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Results from Immersive\u2019s \u201cOrchid Corp\u201d crisis simulation, involving 187 professionals across 11 drills in 9 cities, measuring real-world decision-making and containment under pressure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Analysis of the Immersive Resilience Score, a benchmark that quantifies readiness across people, process, and technology by measuring decision accuracy, response time, framework alignment, and adaptability to new threats. The score applies to all Immersive users, subject to eligibility, as customers must have the relevant product to be evaluated on each corresponding factor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-purple-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/info.immersivelabs.com\/report-2025-cyber-workforce-benchmark-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Download from Immersive<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While 71% of organizations feel their readiness programs are mature, our new report reveals a troubling disconnect: key performance metrics have flatlined year-over-year. This is the \u201cReadiness Rut,\u201d a dangerous gap between perceived readiness and actual capability. 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