Invest in your Future, Become a Cybersecurity Professional
You have better-than-Vegas odds that the company you work for will be a victim of cybercrime, cyber attack or a security breach. Daily, cybersecurity attacks are becoming increasingly more common, more severe and having greater impact on organizations. The 2016 Global State of Information Security Survey results cite a 38% increase in detected cybersecurity incidents in the past twelve months over the prior period. And, even more alarming, 80% of companies surveyed experienced a cybersecurity incident in 2015.
With security threats on the rise, the demand for qualified cybersecurity professionals is on fire. Job postings are popping up three times faster as compared to traditional IT jobs. Organizations worldwide, regardless of industry and company size, are struggling to keep pace and thwart incoming attacks while IT departments are stretched and security positions go unfilled. According to Michael Brown, CEO at Symantec, by 2019, cybersecurity positions will top 6 million globally with a projected shortfall of 1.5 million candidates. In other words, there just aren’t enough cyber good guys to fight the cyber bad guys. We’ve created the perfect cybersecurity storm.
If they could, companies would buy their way out of it. Organizations are paying top dollar for trained talent. Starting salaries* for qualified cybersecurity professionals average $116,000 and it’s not uncommon for candidates to receive competing job offers from multiple companies, according to tech recruiters. There just aren’t enough qualified applicants to fill all the openings. And that isn’t expected to change any time soon.
Just who makes a great cybersecurity professional? System administrators, network engineers, IT directors, managers, help desk and other IT staff who are passionate about programming or computer networks, are skilled in network engineering and understand system architecture are strong candidates to be cross-trained and converted into security specialists, in a matter of months.
Cyberthreats are growing weekly….daily…by the minute. And at the same time, the talent shortage grows exponentially. It’s a perfect cybersecurity storm — and a career opportunity for IT professionals.
Ray Kroc once said, “The two most important requirements for success are: First, being in the right place at the right time; and Second, doing something about it.” Well, you’re in the right place at the right time, so what will you do now?
- According to Burning Glass 2015 Study, Security+ is the entry-level certification for cybersecurity. However, job postings requesting CISSP show a salary premium of $17,500 over those requesting only Security+. At the SecureSet Academy, you receive both Security+ and CISSP — plus 800 hours of hands-on instruction, for $25,000. Essentially, you are getting at least a 50% return on investment in your first year — plus 800 hours of hands-on instruction, certifications, real world experience and a network of cybersecurity professionals. Apply for the academy today.
Originally published at blog.secureset.com.
