Information for job-seekers, including salaries for jobs in information security, career opportunities for women, advancement and promotion strategies plus qualifications for becoming a CSO, CISO or information security executive.
Personal qualifications of an information security manager BOOK CHAPTER - Charles Cresson Wood outlines the personal qualifications every information security manager should possess in this excerpt from Information Security Roles and Responsibilities Made Easy.
Incubator to fund, support cybersecurity startups
SearchSecurity.com | 20 Nov 2008 ARTICLE - The Institute for Cyber Security at the University of Texas at San Antonio is lending funding and assistance to fledgling vendors focusing on cybersecurity and privacy issues.
Security Squad: Security pros face troubles
SearchSecurity.com | 28 Oct 2008 ARTICLE - The SearchSecurity editorial team discusses how the poor economy affects security pros, cybersecurity for the next president, vendor security transparency and the job market.
Certification still pays for CISSPs, CISMs
SearchSecurity.com | 23 Sep 2008 ARTICLE - New survey results from Foote Partners, finds security pros who have earned their CISSP, CISM or GIAC Security Expert certification are among those whose salaries continue to rise.
What is the GISP certification and how does it compare to the CISSP certification?
07 Nov 2008 EXPERT ANSWER - In the world of security certifications, what is the GISP and how alike is it to the CISSP? In this security management expert response, learn about scenarios when the GISP might be appropriate and how industry-relevant it ...
What certificate offers the best ROI for an IT project manager?
06 Oct 2008 EXPERT ANSWER - When going for an IT security certification, it's important to know that there will be a worthwhile ROI. So which certificates are most lucrative? Security management expert Mike Rothman weighs in.
Security certifications: Are they worth the trouble?
19 Aug 2008 TIP - Security certifications may or may not be helpful in furthering a security career, but many security pros feel they must "comply" with the unspoken expectation to be certified.
Security Wire Weekly
23 Feb 2006 FEATURED TOPIC - Get a brief recap of the week's top information security news as reported by SearchSecurity.com's award-winning news team. Listen from your PC or favorite MP3 player.
'InfoSec Career Hacking' states obvious, but good for newbies
Information Security magazine | 21 Oct 2005 BOOKS - Review of InfoSec Career Hacking: Sell Your Skillz, Not Your Soul, a book for security geeks about landing a corporate IT security job.
Apply hacking skills to your job search
Syngress | 19 Sep 2005 BOOK CHAPTER - Hacking skills, such as reconnaissance and social engineering, can be used in a job search for a position in information security.
Fellow practitioners are best security resources
Information Security Magazine | 01 Jun 2007 COLUMNS - Security professionals can reap benefits by joining a local user group or professional organization. Such groups provide a good way to network and a place to bounce ideas.
security clearance
15 Apr 2003 WORD - A security clearance is an authorization that allows access to information that would otherwise be forbidden. Security clearances are commonly used in industry and government. Many jobs in information technology require ...
CSO
14 Aug 2003 WORD - Assuming a consistent pattern of titles in companies that have a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Information Officer (CIO), the Chief Security Officer (CSO) is the person responsible for the security of a company's ...
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