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The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted and destabilized several industries, including the travel and tourism sector, which has faced many challenges. However, according to a recent report by GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, job postings in cybersecurity have remained stable, with an impressive 54% year-on-year (YoY) growth in 2022.

GlobalData’s Job Analytics Database analysis shows that cybersecurity job postings in airlines, travel services, and lodging have surged by 82%, 58%, and 56%, respectively. The report also identified several companies with substantial job postings in cybersecurity, such as The Walt Disney Co, Marriott International Inc, Southwest Airlines Co, Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd, Hyatt Hotels Corp, and The Emirates Group.

Sherla Sriprada, Business Fundamentals Analyst at GlobalData, stated, “job postings by companies in the cybersecurity space revolve around specific areas such as SOAR platform, aircraft network, threats and vulnerabilities, and cybersecurity incidents, among others.” Sriprada’s analysis revealed some fascinating job roles in the industry.

For example, The Walt Disney Co’s ‘Sr. Security Engineer’s role in the Enterprise Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) team involves identifying new opportunities for process optimization based on existing automation workflows and manual processes. The team offers the SOAR platform as a service and automation playbook development to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of cyber security customers by building custom automation and orchestration workflows based on customer requirements.

Southwest Airlines Co’s ‘Cybersecurity Engineer – Aircraft Operations’ role aims to build capabilities to protect Southwest’s aircraft and the systems that connect to the aircraft and provide security guidance to remediate security vulnerabilities, risk items, and policy exceptions.

Marriott International Inc’s ‘Cybersecurity – Sr. Threat Analyst’ role involves assessing threats and vulnerabilities, developing mitigation plans to address potential threats, and supporting investigation analysis of cyber events.

Hyatt Hotels Corp’s ‘Analyst – Cyber Security Operations’ role involves monitoring Hyatt’s cybersecurity infrastructure for signs of intrusion, handling the response to cybersecurity incidents, and providing suggestions for making Hyatt’s tools more effective at detecting suspicious activity.

Lastly, The Emirates Group’s ‘Vice President Cybersecurity Defence’ role focuses on delivering end-to-end global cybersecurity incident detection, investigation, prevention, and response capabilities across Emirates Airline, Dnata, and all group businesses while designing and implementing a global crisis management capability across the groups.

Sriprada further explains, “The growth in job postings indicates the travel and tourism industry’s increasing awareness of the importance of cybersecurity in the current digital landscape. It also highlights the industry’s efforts to strengthen its security measures to ensure the safety and protection of both its customers and business operations.”

As digital threats continue to evolve and expand, the travel and tourism industry’s cybersecurity measures must keep pace to safeguard their businesses and customers. With the recent surge in job postings in cybersecurity, it appears the industry is rising to the occasion.