Privacy engineers are essential to both preventing and responding to organizational privacy problems.

From demanding qualifications that few people have to expecting years of experience in new disciplines, businesses are making mistakes when advertising jobs - and it's leaving IT security teams understaffed and exhausted.

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This is pretty academic-job focused because that’s where I’ve been working for the last six years, but many of these can apply to any LIS position. I can think of plenty of Public Library Director listings that have many of these same problems and suffer from high director attrition as a result. ...

Find out which jobs are the best and most in demand in cybersecurity.

Cybersecurity professionals spend their lives dissecting code and analyzing incident reports to discover how to stop the bad guys.

A look at the talks we give to schools and universities, with a view to encouraging more students to work in the security sector.

The National Cybersecurity Workforce Framework provides a blueprint to categorize, organize, and describe cybersecurity work into Specialty Areas, tasks, and knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs).

Chief Information Security Officers (CISO) are vital to oversee cybersecurity efforts. Companies need a liasion between business and security. Enter BISOs.

Dear Lesley, Do you have any tips on how an org can encourage a more diverse candidate pool for a senior and specialized infosec position? We are located in a mid-sized city and we want to do a bet…

The primary objective of the study was to describe the number, types and titles, requested qualifications and skills, salary information, and locations of positions advertised in 2011 on the ALA JobLIST and ARL Job Announcements websites and in the print version of the Chronicle of Higher Education for purposes of determining the current state of the academic library job market in the United States. To investigate changes in the academic library job market and identify emerging trends over a 23-year period, results also were compared to studies that analyzed position announcements from 1996 and 1988. Content analysis of 957 unique academic library job advertisements revealed relative stasis in the market regarding the number of positions advertised, presence of administrative duties, geographic distribution of positions, and, to some extent, educational requirements. However, other comparisons were more dynamic. Specifically, there has been a decline in foreign language skills and prior work experience requirements over time while computer skills are increasingly sought. Perhaps most striking is the proliferation of new position titles that have emerged over time, which serves as an indication that library positions are becoming increasingly specialized.

Have you considered a career as a cybersecurity professional, but weren’t really sure if you had the skillset needed for success? Many of the best security professionals bring non-technical backgrounds. In many cases having a non-technical background can actually be an advantage in the industry.

I've held many cybersecurity roles over the years, spanning defensive and offensive tasks. I've participated as a hands-on practitioner and a...

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The cybersecurity skills gap is misunderstood. Rather than a lack of talent, there is a lack of understanding in how to find and hire that talent.