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Reports and Info
'Security Boom' Predicts IDC
August 2006 – IDC expects the security solutions market to grow at a close to double-digit growth rate over the forecast period to reach over AU$1.3 billion by 2010. This growth will be driven by the continuously evolving threat landscape, the need to secure new and emerging business enabling technologies and the increasing pressure from government and industry regulations among many other factors.
IDC's latest study, "Australia Security Solutions 2006-2010 Forecast," provides a detailed analysis of the Australia security solutions market. It includes an analysis of the current market size and its growth potential through 2010. In addition, this study provides insight into the key dynamics shaping this diverse and dynamic market.
Follow the dollars to IT security jobs
While some headlines might scream about a drop in job ads they don't reflect what's happening in the IT security sector.
In the next five years guardians of IT security will almost double, from 1.3 million practitioners now to 2.1 million by 2008, according to the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium. In the Asian-Pacific region the number will jump from 372,810 last year to 727,611 in 2008 (a compound annual growth rate of 18.3 percent for 2003 to 2008), only slightly less than the 792,785 in the US and above Europe's 676,341.
ISC2 commissioned the Information Security Workforce Study by IDC (a sister company of Computerworld) which gained 5371 responses from full-time security professionals, with a variety of job titles, in 80 countries.
For 93 percent of the respondent hiring managers, certification is important when selecting security staff. Certifications remove the guesswork in competency and can be critical in terms of legal liability or corporate due diligence, they said. Both vendor-neutral and vendor-specific certifications hold sway with hiring managers.
The growth in e-commerce, intranets, extranets, hacking, spam et al has driven the importance of IT security, the report says, and training in the sector has stayed stronger than in other spheres of IT which took a hit in the post-dotcom slump. "Pockets of higher-growth opportunities, such as security training, will represent a significant opportunity for career advancement and job growth for years to come," the report said.
Not only has IT security remained strong in the last five years, but security professionals fared better than their other IT counterparts with higher job growth prospects, career advancement, and bigger base salaries.
At the same time, the requirements and qualifications needed for IT security professionals have changed as drastically as the technologies used.
IT security professionals are "bullish" on the benefits of certification and believe the rewards help them achieve challenging and satisfying careers.