Information security analyst is one of the fastest-growing jobs in America: The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) estimates that employment in information security will grow 32% within the next eight years, with around 17,000 new roles opening up each year in the field.
Why so much demand? Well, with technology advancing at a rapid, almost-impossible-to-follow pace—and more of what we use and do day to day being conducted online or in the cloud—cybersecurity is becoming ever more crucial for organizations to invest in. Information security analysts, for their part, can guard data, build firewalls and encryption programs, and develop standards and processes around cyberattacks that help companies and consumers alike feel safe and secure.
