When asked to rank their top priorities, more than 4,000 security professionals in more than 100 different countries named two “people” issues: gaining support from management and getting users to follow security policies, researchers said. “Over the past six years or so, there’s been a lot of emphasis on technology buying and technology implementation, but security professionals and their companies are really beginning to see that technology is only part of the answer.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
“Regulatory requirements such as [Sarbanes Oxley] and [the Gramm-Leach Bliley Act] are forcing organizations to take a closer look at their people and processes,” Allan Carey, senior research director at International Data, which conducted the study, noted. <\/p>\n
While the number of security professionals increased 8.1 percent worldwide in the past year, “you can look at any jobs site and see that there are a lot of open positions out there,” Carey noted. As a result, many organizations are giving more responsibility to junior-level staffers and security outsourcing organizations, the report says. “If they can’t hire somebody with the skills they need, a lot of companies are taking a junior staffer and investing in the training and certifications they need within the organization,” Carey said.<\/p>\n
In the study, respondents rated biometrics, wireless security, intrusion prevention, and forensics tools as high priorities. “Biometrics rated either number one or number two across all regions, which is a relatively new trend,” said Carey<\/p>\n
The study can be found at: http:\/\/www.isc2.org\/workforcestudy<\/p>\n
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