IT Security Salaries Expected To Rise In 2011

wiredmikey writes "IT security professionals in the United States can expect starting salaries to increase in 2011, according to a new salary report released today. The guide suggests larger increases in base compensation expected in high-demand segments including information security related positions. According to the report, companies are hiring security professionals to help foil fraud, prevent network breaches and comply with new regulations, to keep confidential information safe and secure."

Re:On my way to graduation

[Anonymous Coward]

Right... Because you have to get a 4 year degree to figure out how EVERYTHING works.

tricksters sell to scared idiots, news at 11

[FuckingNickName]

Yeah, there's also an increase in demand for physical security, more funding for anti-terror tools/research, etc. The western world is currently more scared of nothing than it's been for decades, and IT security "experts" are the latest in a line of technically mediocre conjurers who manage to charge a lot to turn people from feeling scared to feeling slightly less scared while achieving absolutely nothing.

You know who you are.

Re:tricksters sell to scared idiots, news at 11

[c0mpliant]

Are you denying rising need for additional security in our ever expanding interconnected world? In the era when more than ever before, a persons personal data is stored on dozens of different, independent sources each one of them has to be secure and if its not you may as well have no security any where. Then you need to actively monitor it for ensured protection against the latest threats. This is no snake oil that is being sold, this is as much requirement for business as accountants, HR and physical security.

I grant you that some companies out there are selling products that are being labeled as all in one software packages which provide "security out of the box", which we all know are farce, but I find these to be no more prevalent than any other sector.

"According to Robert Half" == standard propaganda

[walterbyrd]

Asking Robert Half if IT salaries are going to go up, is like asking a Century 21 agent if it's a good time to buy a house. The answer is a forgone, agenda driven, conclusion.

These sorts of surveys are always meaningless. Did anybody predict the massive layoffs of IT workers in 2009? How about the total collapse in 2000/2001? Do we ever seen any sorts of warnings about massive offshoring, and/or inshoring, from these industry puff pieces?

The industry propaganda is unwaveringly optimistic of the future for IT workers. But, reality often tells a very different story.

Re:Security+

[gandhi_2]

On the contrary! You can now help us unload the delivery trucks at Walmart!