Why Information Security?
After the boom in Networking and Software jobs, the past two years have seen a sharp rise in the field of Information Security. Information Security is the latest buzzword in the industry. In the past five years, the percentage of hacking crimes, data thefts, data losses, viruses and other have increased exponentially. "NASSCOM predicts requirement of 1, 88,000 professionals by the year 2008. Currently the number of security professionals in India is around 22,000." The current demand for Information Security jobs continue to grow. With information security increasingly becoming a boardroom level concern, training and certification are becoming increasingly important for candidates and companies like. Need for Information Security in the Indian Market Security Compliance is must for all companies with IT backbone. The requirement is high with organizations in IT / ITES segment. Information workers lack of basic security knowledge. Information Security Industry is going through an exponential growth rate, current worldwide growth rate is billed at 21 %.

Careers in Information Security

     Network Security Systems Manager
     Network Security Systems Administrator
     Network Security Engineer.
     Systems/Applications Security Executive
     Web Security Administrator
     Web Security Manager
     Security Auditor
     Ethical Hacker
     Data Security Specialist
     Chief Information Security Officer