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Data breaches occurring in major companies such as US retail giant Target have resulted in cyber security taking on a higher priority in the corporate agenda, according to reports.
It has taken on such prevalence that US healthcare company Cardinal Health, drinks firm PepsiCo and financial services institution JPMorgan Chase are recruiting chief information security officers – or CISOs – to bolster their defence of potential attacks.
To further illustrate their importance, many of the CISOs will be directly reporting to the CEO, despite the fact that they have always reported to the CIO. Some are even being given their own place on the board.
Information security professionals are seeing a rise in salary to coincide with the increased emphasis on their role, in the US especially. SANS Institute conducted a study which showed that 49% of US security managers who took part in the survey are on an annual salary of at least $100,000 – a 38% increase in a six year period.
However, according to Greg Newton-Ingham, who is the director of cyber security at IT training company QA, many workers in the field have no interest in taking on a managerial role, despite the potential for a high salary. According to Computing, he said:
“I know people who are very capable in cyber security but do not want to be a manager. But because of the HR process, [companies] want to turn these employees into managers as it is the obvious next step.”
It looks like the UK will indeed see cyber security jobs take on more significance – and with higher wages to boot.
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