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Oct
2009
20 Coolest Jobs in Information Security
By Mohammed Almeshekah. Posted in Info. Security News | No Comments »Recently SANS announced about the twenty coolest jobs in Information Security. It wasn’t surprising that the most sough after job in information security to be a Forensics Expert, which ranked number one. In addition, the Disaster Recovery Manager appeared in the bottom of the list. Below you’ll found all the twenty jobs listed, you might decide to build a career in one of them ^_^:
- #1 Information Security Crime Investigator/Forensics Expert
- #2 System, Network, and/or Web Penetration Tester
- #3 Forensic Analyst
- #4 Incident Responder
- #5 Security Architect
- #6 Malware Analyst
- #7 Network Security Engineer
- #8 Security Analyst
- #9 Computer Crime Investigator
- #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 Intrusion Analyst
- #16 Vulnerability Researcher/ Exploit Developer
- #17 Security Auditor
- #18 Security-savvy Software Developer
- #19 Security Maven in an Application Developer Organization
- #20 Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Analyst/Manager.
it is good to know that SANS described the 1, 2, 10 and 18 job in details, stating the job description and some suggested courses. Moreover, they mentioned how to make a difference and be successful in these four jobs. To have a closer look to the article click here. And if you’d like an Arabic translated version click here.
Do you believe that there are other important jobs not listed? Write your opinion and let us discuss.
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