Security layoffs
Laid off from a security job? Here is what is open right now.
Cybersecurity has had a run of large workforce reductions. Every outlet reports the cut. This page reports the other half at the same moment: the roles that are genuinely open today, counted from the employers' own applicant tracking systems, refreshed hourly. No recruiter sits in between - every listing links to the employer's own application page.
942
Live security roles open now
145
Employers hiring
316
Posted in the last 30 days
28%
Classified remote
Counts cover security-classified roles across the employers we index. They are a measure of open demand, not a claim that any employer is hiring people affected by a specific layoff.
Who has the most roles open right now
Ranked purely by live open postings. No paid placement.
Where the demand is, by specialization
If your last role is being cut across the industry, this is where the openings actually are.
The cuts we have verified
4 workforce reductions at security companies, together reporting about 1,500 roles cut. Each links the primary source it was checked against. We do not publish an unsourced layoff report.
| Date | Announcement | Reported cut | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2026 | Pentera cuts another 60 employees in its second round in four months | ~60 | Calcalist / CTech → |
| Aug 10, 2026 | Rapid7 cuts about 300 jobs (12% of workforce) alongside Q2 earnings | ~300 | The Boston Globe → |
| May 11, 2026 | Cloudflare lays off 1,100+ employees in AI-driven restructuring | ~1,100 | SecurityWeek → |
| Feb 15, 2026 | Axonius CEO Dean Sysman steps down; 40 roles cut in restructuring | ~40 | Calcalist / CTech → |
Full context on each move, including the hiring angle, is on Security Moves.
Practical next steps
- Start where the volume is. Browse roles posted this week before older listings - a posting that went up days ago is far more likely to still be open than one that has been live for months.
- Widen geographically before you widen your title. See remote security roles and the employers with the highest remote share.
- Check a posting is real before you spend an hour on it. Paste it into the ghost-job detector - in our last index, about half of all postings carried at least one strong ghost-job signal.
- Know your number before the first call. Check your salary against the market so a fast offer during a bad month does not reset your comp for years.
- Track the search. Shortlist roles with saved jobs (no account needed) and mark what you have applied to.
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Questions
- I was laid off from a cybersecurity job. Who is hiring right now?
- As of today there are 942 live cybersecurity roles open across 145 security employers on this board, taken straight from those employers' own applicant tracking systems and refreshed hourly. 316 of them were posted in the last 30 days. Every listing links directly to the employer's own application page - there is no recruiter in between.
- Which security companies have the most open roles right now?
- By live open roles: Palo Alto Networks (80), CrowdStrike (68), Anduril Industries (53), SentinelOne (44), GuidePoint Security (30). This is a count of currently open postings, not a claim about who is hiring displaced staff from any particular company.
- Which cybersecurity specializations have the most openings?
- Right now the deepest demand is in Security Engineering (171), Detection Engineering (146), Threat Intelligence (108), AppSec (107). Specializations are classified from each posting's title, so the split reflects what employers are actually advertising.
- Are there remote cybersecurity jobs available after a layoff?
- Yes. 266 of the 942 live roles (28%) are classified remote, which matters when a layoff makes relocating impractical.
- Which cybersecurity companies have announced layoffs recently?
- We track 4 verified workforce reductions at security companies since 2026-02, together reporting about 1,500 roles cut. Each entry on this page links the primary source it was verified against; we do not publish an unsourced layoff report.
- How current are these numbers?
- Job counts come from employer ATS feeds indexed hourly and this page rebuilds daily, so figures are at most a day old. Layoff entries are added only after checking a primary or top-tier source, and each shows the date it was verified.
For employers
Hiring while others are cutting?
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