Companies, including Intel, will surely face challenges in meeting the security expertise demands of the future.

"We will continue to find it difficult to match talent and passion in the security field," Ross says. "It is a rare combination when you have employees who are both talented and passionate about their work, and we see the need to continue to scale our security workforce over time, specifically in [the emerging] areas."

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As other companies become aware of some of these needs, Ross says, "we also need to keep our employees growing and engaged along with providing the right level of opportunities."

Another challenge is that technology is moving faster than the traditional IT development lifecycle. "We no longer have the luxury of taking months to years to deliver new capabilities and services to the business," Ross says.