asmag.com Mapping Security Talent Gap: Manpower Issue Survey
asmag.com would like to invite you to take part in our Reader Survey 2026: The Manpower Issue. Numerous reports have reached us over the past few years highlighting various problems at security companies that need to attract new talent and retain seasoned professionals.
This involves security players of all sizes and business types, from local integrators and installers to Security 50 manufacturers. It’s also a problem that apparently knows no borders—while each region has its own characteristics, “manpower” is an issue everywhere.
What can the industry do to solve the issue?
The survey, and subsequent reporting project, which will be released by asmag.com in May 2026, seeks to get behind the issue and help our readers address it a bit more well-informed.
By taking this 3-minute survey on Surveycake, your opinion will help the industry answer some of the most pressing questions:
- Is the “pandemic effect” on talent still casting its long shadow, or is something bigger going on?
- Which specific job profiles—from project managers to field engineers—are the hardest to fill?
- Are salary expectations the primary hurdle, or is it a fundamental lack of qualification?
We would love to hear from you! Share your views and get a chance to win one of three $50 VISA gift cards, as well as a copy of the report when it comes out.
Click the button below or find the survey here: https://www.surveycake.com/s/xGmOz
