CAREER OUTLOOK
Cloud Architect
Stanton Gatewood, the chief information security and e-privacy officer of the University System of Georgia, said this field needs graduates to deploy end-to-end secure encryption for local and cloud providers, and oversee cloud defense training for users, technologists and management.
devise, execute and manage effective mobile and BYOD (bring- your-own devices) defense strategies for public, private and nonprofit organizations will be in hot demand.
Health care Application/Medical Device Security Manager The expansion of Obamacare, and the mandate to digitize medical records, boosts the demand for IT professionals to protect healthcare records, personnel management and infra- structure. In addition, the potential remote hacking of X-ray machines, pacemakers, insulin pumps and other medical devices demands hiring of added cyber security specialists.
Network Security Officer
The Sophos 2012 Network Security Survey (http://www.
sophos.com/en-us/security-news-trends/security-trends/network- security-survey.aspx) said IT departments shouldn’t think that protecting their network perimeter makes their network safe. Skilled defensive agents are vital as “cloud services, mobile devices, remote workers and wireless networks are all expanding the network boundary beyond its traditional reach.” Sophos is a $400 million IT security and data protection firm with headquar- ters in Boston and England.
Big Data Security Guardian Gartner, an IT research and advisory company projects that in 2013 big data will comprise $28 billion projected IT spending out of $34 billion total. It could be your job to protect Big Data with monitoring tools and defensive processes.
Penetration Testers
Like to hack? But dislike the potential fines and/or impris- onment? Licensed penetration testers carry out assaults to find, test and document weaknesses, and to determine how to best them.
Note: A good place to find out what jobs employers are advertising is
ClearanceJobs.com and click on the “IT – Security in the Jobs by Category” section. Also, check out its “Security Clearance FAQ,” “Security Clearance Blog” and “Salary Sur- vey.”
ARM YOURSELF WITH CYBER SECURITY APPLICATIONS
This section will help you to create a personal library of security application providers. Endpoint Security Management is defined at
IT.Toolbox
Mobility Management and BYOD Officer Cyber criminals are rationalists and recent news must thrill
them. As of November, there were 6 billion cell phone subscrip- tions, Microsoft launched its Surface tablet, the iPad Mini went on sale, and the updated iPad, too. IT professionals that can
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www.IT.Toolbox.com) as securing hardware or software able to independently connect to, obtain an IP address on, transmit data through or process code for a network. Endpoints may be printers, smartphones, routers, hubs or other devices linked via an Ethernet jack, modem or Wi-Fi access point. To find the apps,
www.blackengineer.com
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