Cyber career 37% growth???

DDStime

I was looking at a site that said cyber has a 37% growth over the next couple of years? That seems crazy high.Is this correct?


http://www.securityzip.com/cyber-job-outlook.html

BerkshireHerd

Seems about right

Forbes Welcome

Mike7

Yup. And the average age of security professional is 42

aftereffector

I'd say that might even be a conservative number.

DDStime

Wow, I guess that is pretty accurate. I wonder if it depends based on what type of cyber. That info I got from that site was a security site so I wonder if the number are higher or lower for each subfield of cyber?

tpatt100

I am not surprised by that number but it might seem larger than it actually is because many companies didn't invest heavily into security. One place I interviewed with hired 2 extra security people but since they only had 2 security people they can say they doubled their security hiring lol.

beads

It could also turn into the COBOL of the late 1990s if we don't manage our industry better this time around.

Danielm7

Mike7 wrote: »

Yup. And the average age of security professional is 42

This is why I always laugh when I see reddit threads that ask if they are too old to start in security at 22.

CIO

Danielm7 wrote: »

This is why I always laugh when I see reddit threads that ask if they are too old to start in security at 22.

I think i read that reddit thread as well. haha

beads

According to network world security is not the top in demand skill for 2017.

14 hot network jobs, skills for 2017 | Network World

- b/eads

Mike7

beads wrote: »

According to network world security is not the top in demand skill for 2017.

14 hot network jobs, skills for 2017 | Network World

- b/eads

That link only focus on networking jobs.

From Robert Half 2017 Salary Guide for Tech Profs, the Top Skills and Certifications employers seek are
•ASP • C# • Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) • Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) • CompTIA A+ • Java • Microsoft SQL Server • MySQL • .NET

636-555-3226

Mike7 wrote: »

From Robert Half 2017 Salary Guide for Tech Profs, the Top Skills and Certifications employers seek are
•ASP • C# • Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) • Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) • CompTIA A+ • Java • Microsoft SQL Server • MySQL • .NET

I find it very hard to believe that ASP, CCNA, A+, and MySQL are the top certifications employers are looking for. CCIE I can believe.

Mike7

636-555-3226 wrote: »

I find it very hard to believe that ASP, CCNA, A+, and MySQL are the top certifications employers are looking for. CCIE I can believe.

Take it with a pinch of salt.
For example, it says that the fastest growing industries are Healthcare and Financial Services in US. It seems that banks are either cutting jobs or relocating operations overseas. BofA is a recent case. Guess you can alway find a statistic to support anything.

I think it is more important to keep our technical skills up to date and relevant, and be able to deliver results. Now back to studying...

DatabaseHead

This has been a known for a while. I heard a radio show a few years back in regards to employment and I believe Joyce Westerdahl was on (Oracle Senior VP HR), (I'm not 100% if it was her who was speaking at the time). Mentioned that the shortage of security IT professionals was going to be in such shortage that they will have to either our source or hire from abroad.

AS far as COBOL goes, they make as much as our .Net developers. ~140,000. They are still in demand........

apr911

Mike7 wrote: »

Take it with a pinch of salt.
For example, it says that the fastest growing industries are Healthcare and Financial Services in US. It seems that banks are either cutting jobs or relocating operations overseas. BofA is a recent case. Guess you can alway find a statistic to support anything.

The Financial Services sector is growing in the US, at least for those of us in IT. BofA is cutting jobs but most of those jobs are in more "traditional" banking such as tellers, support staff, etc. BofA is on a big hiring kick for IT professionals as they work to inhouse and integrate the systems of the acquisitions they've made over the last several years.

Companies layoff and re-org for any number of reasons and in many cases its to streamline business units to make room for more growth.

Kalabaster

apr911 wrote: »

The Financial Services sector is growing in the US, at least for those of us in IT. BofA is cutting jobs but most of those jobs are in more "traditional" banking such as tellers, support staff, etc. BofA is on a big hiring kick for IT professionals as they work to inhouse and integrate the systems of the acquisitions they've made over the last several years.

Companies layoff and re-org for any number of reasons and in many cases its to streamline business units to make room for more growth.

Yeah, I'm trying to get a piece of that sweet financial sector pie. Really for no other reason than I think it'd be nice to make a quarter mill a year to do the same job I already am, but with more tools. I just hate that some still force suits.

chrisone

Kalabaster wrote: »

Yeah, I'm trying to get a piece of that sweet financial sector pie. Really for no other reason than I think it'd be nice to make a quarter mill a year to do the same job I already am, but with more tools. I just hate that some still force suits.

Anyone looking to be in the financial sector for security better have a high value of enterprise security level security certifications along with your technical hands on certs. Financial companies love to see ISC2/CISSP, CEH, CASP, SANS, ISACA certs. Also be prepared to wear suits and ties. The money sector is very corporate.

Kalabaster

Yeah, I keep pushing CISSP back for work and school and, honestly, more enjoyable training. Such as the SANS stuff I'm doing.

chrisone

yes I agree hands on and technical certs are very much entertaining/rewarding. Keep chipping away at your goals man. They all submit to your will eventually. Stay consistent

BillHoo

The Cyber Security talen shortage is very real. However, don't just think of it as a big vaccuum where they don't have people to fill the jobs.

Think of all the IT people currently working and many of them very senior, where all of a sudden, the government and industry says "You are no longer qualified to do the job you've been doing for the past 10 years, because you need a security certification. Get certified, or get out!"

For government and military the cyber sec talent shortage is due to realization we are so vulnerable.

For the commercial industry, it may just be a way to get rid of the senior, high salary employees in exchange for young folks who are getting the certs needed to get their foot in the door for an interview and willing to work for cheap. (although I've been interviewing quite a few fresh from the testing center kids who are demanding six figures off the bat - good luck to them! Need experience where I'm at!)

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