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Infosec jobs

The skills shortage is acute in information security, so there's no reason you can't land a great job. Here you'll find information on how to do just that, and news on the career market.

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Infosec burn-out rate rising 

Infosec burn-out rate rising

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 28 February 2012 1:41 PM
Stress to succeed too much for some.
F-Secure gets new chief 

F-Secure gets new chief

In Applications - By SC Staff, 19 January 2012 11:10 AM
Christian Fredrikson has been confirmed as president and CEO of F-Secure.
Analysis: InfoSec rookies lack the basic skills 

Analysis: InfoSec rookies lack the basic skills

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 6 December 2011 1:24 PM
Veterans concerned about lack of depth in university degrees.
CERT Australia replaces chief 

CERT Australia replaces chief

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 28 October 2011 8:52 AM
Head count doubles.
Get a job: Forensics 

Get a job: Forensics

In Crypto - By Darren Pauli, 20 September 2011 5:00 AM
The industry's best reveal how to become a digital forensics professional.
StratSec opens hack detection service, cyber school 

StratSec opens hack detection service, cyber school

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 15 September 2011 10:23 AM
Exclusive: Firm in talks with Federal Government to ink breach detection service.
Vectra scores Visa PCI chief 

Vectra scores Visa PCI chief

In Risk - By Darren Pauli, 8 September 2011 2:13 PM
Fraud expert shores up PCI audit operations.
Black hat a ticket to career blacklist 

Black hat a ticket to career blacklist

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 27 July 2011 4:24 PM
Jail is a great deterrent for employers.
McAfee president resigns 

McAfee president resigns

In Networks - By SC Australia Staff, 14 July 2011 9:24 AM
One head turns to two.
Cisco mum on Aussie job cuts 

Cisco mum on Aussie job cuts

In Risk - By SC Australia Staff, 13 July 2011 11:05 AM
Details to be revealed in August.
Get a job: Ethical hacking 

Get a job: Ethical hacking

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 27 June 2011 9:20 AM
The industry's best reveal how to become a penetration tester.
RSA hires a security chief 

RSA hires a security chief

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 10 June 2011 3:07 AM
Troubled RSA grabs Netwitness security chief after acquisition.
CSIRO seeks security chief 

CSIRO seeks security chief

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 2 June 2011 2:48 PM
Security head will write disaster recovery policy.
Cybersecurity, the next frontier for NASA engineers 

Cybersecurity, the next frontier for NASA engineers

In Messaging - By Dan Kaplan, 2 June 2011 12:53 PM
A new nonprofit, linked to the Kennedy Space Center, wants to be the facilitator for the security industry.
Many employees bypass security policy in order to do their job: report 

Many employees bypass security policy in order to do their job: report

In Risk - By SC Australia Staff, 11 November 2010 12:48 PM
2 out of 5 employees ignore IT policy.
CISO out of a job following RSA Conference appearance 

CISO out of a job following RSA Conference appearance

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 12 March 2010 1:02 PM
May have said too much?
IT staff back in demand 

IT staff back in demand

In Applications - 8 January 2010 3:35 PM
Network engineers with security clearances wanted.
Ikee worm author gets developer job 

Ikee worm author gets developer job

In Web/client - By Phil Muncaster, 27 November 2009 9:42 AM
Security experts brand hire a 'stunt'.
Flaw detected on Yahoo! website 

Flaw detected on Yahoo! website

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 17 November 2009 10:46 AM
Imperva points to jobs section.
RSA shuts down scam site 

RSA shuts down scam site

In Web/client - 16 November 2009 11:30 AM
Job seekers duped by shipping criminals.
Hackers hit Guardian Jobs web site 

Hackers hit Guardian Jobs web site

In Web/client - 27 October 2009 9:20 AM
CVs and personal data compromised.
IT salaries falling fastest 

IT salaries falling fastest

By SC Australia Staff, 26 June 2009 10:39 AM
Senior executives in IT are seeing their salaries drop faster than those in other sectors, according to new research.
Sophos Australia on recruitment drive 

Sophos Australia on recruitment drive

7 May 2009 2:55 PM
The security firm is increasing its head-count over the next 12 months in response to a growth in mid-tier to enterprise markets.
Maintaining security during retrenchments 

Maintaining security during retrenchments

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 12 March 2009 2:46 PM
With the economy in tatters and layoffs happening so regularly that internet applications are being created solely to chronicle the firings, the insider threat is rising, as ...
Hackers hijack Apple speech with prank announcements 

Hackers hijack Apple speech with prank announcements

In Web/client - 12 January 2009 3:26 PM
Hackers have made a spoof announcement that Apple chairman Steve Jobs has died.
Online job applications raise fears of identity theft 

Online job applications raise fears of identity theft

In Risk - By Sylvie Barak, 21 October 2008 10:09 AM
People who send their CVs to online job sites may be putting themselves at risk of identity theft according to a fraud prevention experiment.
Police warn against more online scams 

Police warn against more online scams

In Messaging - 6 August 2008 12:08 PM
In light of the fake Olympic ticket scam the Federal Police together with the Bankers' Association is warning internet users of a another popular internet swindle.
IT managers fear job loss after data breach 

IT managers fear job loss after data breach

In Risk - By Negar Salek, 25 October 2007 2:34 PM
Confidential data leakage is more likely to cause the dismissal of an IT manager than a virus outbreak on a business network according to a September survey of Australian IT ...
Stolen Gap laptop exposes 800,000 job applicants 

Stolen Gap laptop exposes 800,000 job applicants

In Risk - 2 October 2007 11:59 AM
Clothing giant Gap has admitted that a notebook containing unencrypted details of around 800,000 job applicants has been stolen from one its vendors.
Fujacks hacker offered security job 

Fujacks hacker offered security job

In Applications - By Iain Thomson, 27 September 2007 10:00 AM
Eyebrows have been raised after a Chinese virus writer was deluged with job offers after being jailed for four years for creating the Fujacks worm.
46,000 job hunters victimised by malicious recruitment ads 

46,000 job hunters victimised by malicious recruitment ads

By Jim Carr, 17 August 2007 10:10 AM
The personal information of approximately 46,000 job hunters have been stolen from major job hunting sites by hackers using the so-called Prg trojan to infect victims' computers.
Malware piggy-backs on job ads 

Malware piggy-backs on job ads

By Clement James, 23 July 2007 10:05 AM
Serveral major US firm affected, according to reports.
Symantec admits job losses 

Symantec admits job losses

In Risk - By Fiona Raisbeck, 25 January 2007 4:39 PM
Symantec plans to slash up to five percent of its jobs over the next few months, executives admitted yesterday.
Me and my job 

Me and my job

By Scott Brown,, 7 August 2006 8:54 PM
What do you like the most about your job? The changing demands in security. Never the same problem twice. I have never had two days the same.
FBI warns of online job scams 

FBI warns of online job scams

By Frank Washkuch, 12 July 2006 6:54 PM
Want a new job? The FBI has some words of warning for you.
Me and my job 

Me and my job

By Larry Pesce, 6 July 2006 9:42 PM
What do you like most about your job? The constant challenge and learning keeps me going. Every day I need to investigate a new threat, new product or evaluate a new ...
Me and my job 

Me and my job

By Jason James, 5 June 2006 9:48 PM
How did you get into security? I was the sole IT person for a small community bank, and as security became more prevalent in the industry and regulators began focusing on ...
Me and my job 

Me and my job

By Aaron Bills, 10 May 2006 8:07 PM
How did you get into security? In my case, the question could be phrased, "How did security get into you?" I am not an infosec professional in the usual sense, but rather a ...
Me and my job 

Me and my job

By Nancy Edwards, 14 April 2006 8:14 PM
What do you like about your job?
Jobs for moms webmaster cops to spam-porn plea 

Jobs for moms webmaster cops to spam-porn plea

By Dan Kaplan, 8 March 2006 10:01 PM
A New Hampshire woman pleaded guilty this week in connection with a mass pornographic spamming operation resulting in more than 600,000 complaints from America Online customers.
Marketing is a crucial part of the job 

Marketing is a crucial part of the job

By Randy Sanovic, 8 March 2006 9:29 AM
if you want to stay alive and continue to be progressive in this profession, you need to be able to create and market your company’s information security strategy.
Jobs market: Me and my job 

Jobs market: Me and my job

7 March 2006 6:58 PM
How did you get into security? I got into security eight years ago. Before that I switched between platform and network administration after a few years of application ...
A marketing strategy is part of the job 

A marketing strategy is part of the job

By Randy Sanovic, 6 March 2006 10:02 PM
If you want to stay alive and continue to be progressive in this profession, you must be able to create and market your company’s IT security strategy. My suggestions follow.
Me and my job 

Me and my job

By Lane Timmons, 7 February 2006 8:14 PM
What do you like most about your job? It’s a position of perpetual changes and new learning opportunities on a daily basis. I get to thoroughly evaluate every new device, ...
Me and my job 

Me and my job

By Chris Cahalin, 11 January 2006 10:02 PM
What does your job entail? Anything involving the network – basically making sure people get the information they are looking for. We have 400 restaurants and all of the ...
Me and my job 

Me and my job

By Bradley Dinerman,, 15 December 2005 7:28 PM
How did you get into security? I came from the physics field to begin with. I jumped in here about 11 years ago. I started as a programmer — Visual Basic, web applications, ...
Me and my job 

Me and my job

15 November 2005 11:25 AM
Me and my job 

Me and my job

By Jayson Street,, 11 November 2005 11:12 AM
I had worked first in physical security and then in law enforcement since I was 18 years-old. But I got tired of getting shot at, literally. So I decided to do something more ...
Me and my job 

Me and my job

21 October 2005 5:13 PM
Me and my job 

Me and my job

21 October 2005 4:56 PM
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