Today more young professionals are choosing information security as a first career, bringing a post-graduate degree but little experience, writes John Colley, managing director EMEA of the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, (ISC)2.
More than half of UK employers do not think they can fill their skills gaps, says the CBI, which has just published its annual audit of the nation's skills.
Regulations and a better understanding of reputational risk are driving growth in the number of information security professionals, according to a report by global IT security standards body (ISC)2, which will be published next week.
Microsoft hired Kevin Turner to be its Chief Operating Officer and offered him base salary of $570,000 (£285,000) per year and a $7m (£3.5m) up-front payment in 2005.
Kevin Turner, previously CIO at Wal-Mart, gives his top tips in six minutes on how IT staff can make the progression to managers and earn the big bucks.
Nearly 20,000 City workers can expect to lose their jobs in the next two years, according to a recent report. But IT staff are safer than most, with experts confident they will weather the worst of the storm.