Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Advice for information security professioals

http://preachsecurity.blogspot.com/2010/04/infosec-career-advice.html
has some valid suggestions for information security professional

"If you want to contribute meaningfully to the Information Security field - go do something else first... business analyst risk analyst project manager, developer...anything! Learn how the business works, learn what keeps you employed - learn how your company and business makes money."

You probably already get the technology - but can you tell me how it applies to what the business does?"

Yes. Technology can only be embraced by business if it can either save money or make money. No matter how smart you are or how technical savvy you are, you need to convince business to buy in security.

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