http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=1111 By Linda McGlasson Managing Editor Bank Information Security December 16, 2008 Amidst the bad tidings of this particular holiday season - bank closures, market losses and mass layoffs - comes a ray of hope. There are some good, solid job prospects for banking/security professionals in 2009. Interviews with industry and employment leaders reveal the top growth areas for job seekers looking to make new moves in information security, regulatory compliance or even the regulatory agencies. "Clearly the consolidations and mergers have caused hiring freezes in many financial services companies, as they try to figure out what's left after the carnage," says Joyce Brocaglia, CEO and founder of Alta Associates, a New Jersey-based information security recruitment firm. "We are still seeing strategic hiring taking place." "Regulatory and industry requirements are not being forgiven or overlooked," says David Schneier of Icons Inc., a Princeton, NJ risk assessment firm. "Regulators have not and will not ease requirements due to economic conditions." He's also seeing a noticeable spike in criminal activity via digital pathways and says because of this there will continue to be a need for experienced information security professionals across multiple business verticals. Information security is mission critical, or should be to all companies, says Tom Silver, SVP and Chief Marketing Officer for Dice.com, an Internet job search site specializing in technology and information security jobs. "On Dice.com, we are still seeing good demand for network security positions. Companies will continue to be pressed to keep data private, and network security analysts, CISSP and information security analysts should be the types of positions that would be deemed critical regardless of the economic environment." [...] _______________________________________________ Help InfoSecNews.org with a donation! http://www.infosecnews.org/donate.htmlReceived on Tue Dec 16 2008 - 22:16:41 PST
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