InfoSec Jobs

We all know that a lot of people lost their jobs because of the difficult U.S. economic conditions. I got interested in searching for a list of jobs looking for InfoSec certified professionals and checked 3 of the well-known sites for job hunting. I used the InfoSec certification abbreviations as a search string and did not specify any U.S. city or zip code and came up the following numbers.

Please note though that this is just a count of the strings on the websites so this cannot represent the actual number of job openings. A company can post their job opening on the 3 websites below and it will be counted as 3 (one for each site below) instead of 1. Also, some jobs list several certifications on their posting, e.g. CISSP, CISA, CEH certified, so an open position with this criteria will have a count for each of the InfoSec certification listed, i.e. 1 for CISSP, 1 for CISA and 1 for CEH, even though the open position is only 1.

CareerBuilder.com
CCNA - 755
CISA - 468
CISSP - 440
CISM - 108
CEH - 21
GSEC - 20
SSCP - 19

DICE.com
CCNA - 868
CISSP - 796
CISA - 279
CISM - 163
GSEC - 48
SSCP - 47
CEH - 34

Monster.com
CCNA - 861
CISSP - 768
CISA - 624
CISM - 163
SSCP - 66
GSEC - 55
CEH - 27

By the way, the job search results for CareerBuilder and Dice websites only listed the jobs posted within the last 30 days while Monster showed jobs for the last 60 days. I will try to create another count in about 2 weeks or so. Please let me know if you want me to add other InfoSec certifications or other job hunting websites on the list.

ISACA e-Symposium

This time it's for ISACA members.

ISACA is having an e-Symposium about Secure Web Access on December 16, 2008 at 11:00am EST / 4:00pm UTC. To register, please visit http://isaca.brighttalk.com.

Similar to ISC2's e-Symposium, you also have the opportunity to gain 3 CPE credits. Look for the CPE quiz link.

ISC2 e-Symposium

Calling all ISC2 members.

ISC2 is having an e-Symposium about Application Security on December 9, 2008 at 1:30pm EST / 6:30pm GMT/UTC. To register, please visit http://isc2.brighttalk.com.

You also have the opportunity to gain 3 CPE credits. Look for the CPE quiz link. I believe this will be available once all the presentations are completed. The e-Symposium is being recorded and will be available on the website above after 72 hours of the scheduled date.

SC World Congress 2008

SC Magazine is having it's SC World Congress 2008 on December 9-10 at the Javits Center in New York City. This is a must attend Conference and Expo for IT Security Professionals.

The Expo access is Free if you register online ($50 onsite registration) and conference fees are detailed on the registration website. Click here to register.

For more details about this Conference and Expo, please visit:
http://www.scmagazineus.com/SC-World-Congress/section/381/