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A survey of infosec pros found U.S.-based male respondents make an average annual salary of $91K, but female participants earn an average of $62K per year.

BankInfoSecurity May 5, 2021 annamadeline) • December 16, 2020     Clar Rosso, CEO, (ISC)² The shortage of trained cybersecurity workers has substantially declined this year as many more individuals entered the field, says Clar Rosso, CEO of (ISC)², the U.S.-based nonprofit association that offers training to cybersecurity professionals. The (ISC)² 2020 Cybersecurity Workforce Study shows that 3.5 million individu...

Jimmy Sanders It’s a lot, he admits. “The people who can do all that are in super high demand,” says Sanders, head of security for Netflix DVD and president of the San Francisco chapter of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA). Indeed, demand for cybersecurity talent continues to outpace supply. A July 2020 report from the ISSA and the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) found that 70% of ISSA members believe the global cybersecurity skills shortage has impacted their organizati...

Creating New Career Pathways to Help Close the Cybersecurity Skills Gap By Sandra Wheatley, SVP, Fortinet and Martin Laird, Manager of Corporate Social Responsibility at IBM 12/15/20 AT 11:38 AM Cybersecurity is a high-growth technology area, and security skills are in demand. A poll by ISC(2), the world’s largest nonprofit membership association of certified cybersecurity professionals, found that 81% of respondents’ organizations view security as an essential function as employees a...