Tuesday, March 31, 2009

The Internet Is Infected - 60 minutes video

Here's a very informative video about viruses, malware and worms and how it affects us.

Saturday, February 28, 2009

InfoSec Jobs - February 2009

Similar to my previous post, this is a count of the open InfoSec jobs on well-known job hunting sites. I have added hotjobs.com on the list.

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.

CareerBuilder.com
CCNA - 1379
CISSP - 402
CISA - 344
CISM - 68
GIAC - 67
SSCP - 22
GSEC - 16
CEH - 11

DICE.com
CCNA - 761
CISSP - 730
CISA - 195
GIAC - 136
CISM - 133
GSEC - 63
SSCP - 52
CEH - 26

Monster.com
CISSP - 697
CCNA - 663
CISA - 491
CISM - 114
GIAC - 91
SSCP - 58
GSEC - 38
CEH - 23

Hotjobs.com
CISSP - 227
CCNA - 222
CISM - 162
CISA - 149
GIAC - 24
SSCP - 18
GSEC - 13
CEH - 6

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.


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 and Hotjobs is showing any open position on it's database. I will try to create another count in about a month so. Please let me know if you want me to add other InfoSec certifications or other job hunting websites on the list.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

ISACA e-Symposium - January 2009

For ISACA members.

ISACA is having its e-Symposium about "Effectively Managing Risk in Today's Economy" next week on January 27, 2009 (Tuesday) at 11:00am - 2:00pm EST / 4:00pm - 7:00pm UTC. To register, please visit http://isaca.brighttalk.com.

You'll have the opportunity to earn 3 CPE credits. Look for the CPE quiz link.

ISC2 InfoSecurity Professional Magazine and e-Symposium

For all ISC2 members:

The 2008 Winter Issue of the InfoSecurity Professional Magazine is available for viewing at the ISC2 website. You have a chance to earn 2 CPE credits by reading the magazine and correctly answering the online quiz questions. The magazine is available exclusively for ISC2 members only.

On the e-Symposium note, ISC2 is having the e-Symposium today, January 20, on "Automation and Compliance - A Partnership for Success." The presentations will start 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.

Monday, December 15, 2008

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.

Thursday, December 11, 2008

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.

Friday, December 5, 2008

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.