According to the statistics of Sophos, most of the IT teams in Israel that dealt with the increase of attacks in 2020 strengthened their cybersecurity skills. The company's principal research scientist said that the future may be just as unprecedented as the past 

Next-generation cybersecurity company Sophos published findings from its global survey titled "The IT Security Team: 2021 and Beyond" that shows how significant security challenges from the past year created an opportunity for IT teams to improve their expertise in the world of cybersecurity. The majority of the IT teams that dealt with the growth of cyberattacks (68%) and heavy workloads (72%) during 2020 strengthened their cybersecurity skills and knowledge.     

The survey polled 5,400 IT decisionmakers in mid-sized organizations in 30 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Central Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. The statistics also show that the increase in cyberattacks during the pandemic impacted IT security skills across all industry sectors surveyed globally, including education (83%), retail (85%) and healthcare (80%). However, the global statistics from the research show that despite the challenges created by the pandemic, 52% of the IT teams surveyed said team morale increased during 2020.