Security Skills Shortage Creates Opportunities For Enterprises, Professionals

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http://www.darkreading.com/security/security-management/240007115/security-skills-shortage-creates-opportunities-for-enterprises-professionals.html

By Tim Wilson
Dark Reading
Sep 11, 2012

PHILADELPHIA, PENN. -- (ISC)2 World Congress 2012 and ASIS International 
2012 -- A growing shortage in security staffing and skills is creating a 
seller's market for security professionals -- and could drive new 
thinking in hiring, experts say.

Here at the Career Pavilion at the co-resident annual conferences of two 
of the world's largest security professionals' associations, job hunters 
are finding a target-rich environment for workers with advanced skills. 
The industry will need to add nearly 2 million jobs over the next three 
years in order to keep up with demand, according to industry figures.

The growing gap between supply and demand is creating problems for many 
enterprises and may cause some to cast a wider net in search of talent, 
speakers at the event say.

"As more advanced technology is deployed -- technologies like cloud and 
bring-your-own device -- there's a demand not only for more skills, but 
for different kinds of skills," says Hord Tipton, executive director of 
(ISC)2. "Once you get your arms around one thing, there's something else 
you need to be ready for."

"There aren't enough good people out there," says Brent Conran, CSO of 
McAfee, who previously served as CIO for the U.S. House of 
Representatives. "In a lot of cases, you're in a position where you have 
to take a kid out of college and get them ramped up very quickly."

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