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Security is THE major concern in the computer profession today and it is deservedly so.  There are an estimated 150 million computers worldwide that may belong to botnets, or unbeknownst to their users controlled remotely by dastardly villains.

On average, every 39 seconds your computer is on the Internet it is being scanned for vulnerabilities by intruders looking for a weakness or a hole in order to get into you system or network.

Today’s IT security personnel cannot expect to get on the job training but instead must come possessing security knowledge and skills. For instance, the Department of Defense (DoD) Directive 8570 requires that ALL information assurance professionals including contractors be certified by the end of 2010.

We have compiled a list of some careers in Computer Network Security.  The number of information security professionals worldwide is expected to grow 10% annually, up to 2.7 million in 2012 from 1.6 million in 2007. And it is unwise to outsource.

1. Information security crime investigator/forensics expert

2. System, network and/or Web penetration tester

3. Forensics analyst

4. Incident response, incident handler

5. Security architect

6. Vulnerability researcher

7. Network security engineer

8. Security analyst

9. Sworn law enforcement officer specializing in information security crime

10. CISO/ISO or director of security

11. Application penetration tester

12. Security operations center analyst

13. Prosecutor specializing in information security crime

14. Technical director and deputy CISO

15. Firewall/IPS administrator

16. Security evangelist

17. Vulnerability assessment analyst

18. Security auditor

19. Security assessment consultant

20. Technical security teacher

21. Security savvy software developer

22. Security maven in the application developer organization

23. Disaster recovery/business continuity analyst/manager

Sources:

1. http://www.isaca.org/Template.cfm?Section=home&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=26514
2. http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/857001m.pdf
3. Network Security Fundamentals, By M. Ciampa, 2009, Cengage Learning
4. http://gcn.com/Articles/2008/10/24/The-coolest-IT-security-jobs.aspx?Page=1, The coolest IT Security Jobs, by Wyatt Kash, Oct. 24 2008, Government Computer News.