NEWS
Cybersecurity skills shortages hamper modernisation at 48 % of Latin American organisations
Almost half of organisations in Latin America are struggling to modernise their cybersecurity infrastructure because of a shortage of qualified specialists, according to research from Kaspersky.
The study found 48 % of organisations across the region encounter difficulties introducing or updating cybersecurity technologies because they lack professionals with the necessary skills.
The problem is particularly pronounced in Chile, where 59 % reported difficulties, followed by Colombia at 50 %, Brazil at 47 %, Argentina at 44 % and Mexico at 41 %.
Artificial Intelligence is adding to the skills requirements facing security teams. Kaspersky found organisations increasingly need specialists capable of understanding how AI can be used both to strengthen cybersecurity and by attackers to develop new threats.
The research also highlighted difficulties keeping existing security professionals’ knowledge current as threats and technologies evolve.
Kaspersky said organisations need to combine technology investment with workforce development, including continuous training for cybersecurity teams and broader security awareness among employees.
The findings come as organisations across Latin America continue their Digital Transformation programmes, increasing their dependence on Cloud services, connected infrastructure and other digital technologies.
Without sufficient specialist expertise, organisations risk being unable to deploy new security technologies effectively or adapt their defences as the threat landscape changes.
Cirion cuts emissions as Latin America’ s AI infrastructure expands
Latin America’ s AI buildout is creating an uncomfortable infrastructure equation: more computing means more power. Cirion Technologies says it is beginning to break that link, cutting greenhouse gas emissions while expanding the data centre estate carrying the region’ s digital workloads.
The infrastructure provider reported an 11 % reduction in total greenhouse gas emissions in 2025 compared with 2024, while securing 100 % renewable electricity through I-REC certificates for data centres in Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Peru.
The figures come as hyperscalers and enterprises push increasingly power-hungry AI workloads into Latin America, intensifying scrutiny of data centre energy consumption and carbon emissions.
Cirion operates 20 carrier-neutral data centres alongside more than 54,500km of terrestrial network and 50,433km of subsea infrastructure, serving more than 5,500 customers.
During 2025, it brought SAN2 in Chile and LIM2 in Peru online, with both facilities prepared for intensive AI processing.
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Scope 2 market-based emissions fell 10.3 %, while Scope 3 emissions dropped 13.4 %. Renewable-energy coverage reached 60 % in Ecuador and 40 % in Argentina, with Cirion targeting 100 % renewable electricity for each new data centre.
The company is also turning AI against infrastructure’ s energy problem. An AI module integrated into Cirion’ s DCIM platform cut HVAC consumption by 13.8 % at its BOG2 data centre in Bogotá, with regional expansion planned for 2026.
Cirion also managed 64.4 tonnes of waste during 2025, recycling 40.9 % and recovering more than six tonnes of equipment and materials for reuse across its operations. •
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