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Which IT security skills are most important?

2008-05-13 00:00:00 by Andreas M. Antonopoulos in Network World on Security
 
I often hear from IT executives that it is hard to recruit and retain good security people. Many lament the shortage of skills in this area and cannot reconcile the skills offered with the positions that need to be filled. Is there really a shortage of good security people? Or just a mismatch in the skills and the jobs
 
Tags: skills, security people, shortage, retain, recruit, jobs, lament, mismatch, positions
 
 
 
 
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The importance of business skills

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2007-04-27 07:23:30 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
...Skills and Certifications. Moreover, less time required to acquire new skills 3. Competency. [Translates to lower probability of making mistakes and higher probability of doing it right The above are measures of security professional to meet the expectations of the job and does not help in commanding premium pay Information security...
 
Tags: information security professionals, information security, bad, handle bad events, business, predictprevent bad events, track information security, skills, institute control measures
 
 
 
 
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Security skills of IT workforce lacking, survey finds

2008-02-27 00:00:00 by Denise Dubie in Network World on Security
 
The Computing Technology Industry Association surveyed 3,500 technology professionals in North America, Europe and Asia to determine the IT security skills organizations need more and how well the skills IT workers have fulfills that need
 
Tags: skills, security skills organizations, technology industry association, north america, technology professionals, workers, determine, fulfills, europe
 
 
 
 
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The five hottest skills for your networking career

2008-03-26 00:00:00 by Julie Bort in Network World on Security
 
...skills, the impact of voice and video on the network and the Internet, how QoS technologies will evolve, stomping out worms and tips for passing your next Cisco cert. Neil Anderson, co-author of the best selling book, Cisco Networking Simplified and Director of Enterprise Systems Engineering for Cisco Systems
 
Tags: cisco, cisco systems, cisco cert, cisco enterprise, enterprise systems, skills, qos technologies, neil anderson, network
 
 
 
 
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Wanted: 10 IT skills employers need today

2008-04-17 00:00:00 by Denise Dubie in Network World on Security
 
High-tech job seekers looking to cash in on the panic created around reports of an imminent IT skills shortage should get schooled on wireless, Web 2.0 and virtualization while also boning up on business basics, say experts from CompTIA, Beyond.com and Foote Partners
 
Tags: high-tech job seekers, skills shortage, foote partners, business basics, comptia, virtualization, panic, wireless, web
 
 
 
 
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Business intelligence architects: Enterprise-level job skills

2008-06-25 11:16:22 by Matt Mueller in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
Business intelligence architects can advance to the enterprise level by leveraging skills learned from working in smaller organizations
 
Tags: business intelligence architects, enterprise level, skills, advance, organizations
 
 
 
 
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Getting into the Flow With Threat Modeling

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2007-10-11 23:25:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
...skills versus challenge, theres a channel in the middleits the flow channel. Wed like to guide people there, by giving them challenges that are in line with their skills. Once people are there, we want to prod them from point A to point D, where there are larger challenges, and skills that allow people to address those challenges. Sometimes,...
 
Tags: threat, people develop skills, people, challenge people, flow, sdl threat, entire threat model, threat model, guide people
 
 
 
 
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10 Myths About Life As An IT Security Professional

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2008-04-25 23:08:41 by Craig Balding in Security Wannabe
...skills including; threat modeling, risk analysis, policy creation, security awareness, incident response (wide field), forensics (desktop, server, network), platform specific security (e.g. Windows, UNIX, Linux, OS/400), network security (WAN/LAN/Internet/wireless/telco), vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, application security,...
 
Tags: security, company security policy, security policy, technical security skills, technical security, policy, security professional, platform specific security, cool
 
 
 
 
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J.C. Penney customers affected by lost GE Money backup tape

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2008-01-18 10:24:59 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...skills for someone to glean the personal data from the tape Evan] It also takes specialized skills to walk upright on two feet. If the information on the tape is not encrypted, accessing it is a trivial task the company regretted losing the tape, "but because of the volume of information we handle and the fact people are involved, we have...
 
Tags: penney, penney customers, tape, backup tape, money, sensitive personal information, personal information, penney card immediately, information security practices