[Cisspstudy] Q2 2009 data shows IT security certification pay still climbing

[Prakash]

While IT security certifications likely won't improve enterprise security, they may boost a security pro's job security. According to the IT Skills & 
Certification Pay Survey published by the Vero Beach, Fla.-based Foote Partners LLC, security certifications continued to buck the downward trend 
of certification pay for the second quarter of 2009.

Of the 11 certifications that gained value during the past three months, six were security related. The GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH) cert 
was up 11.1% for Q2 and 25% since the beginning of 2009. Other certs that gained significantly were the EC-Council/Certified Hacking Forensics Investigator, the GIAC Certified Incident Manager (GCIM), the GIAC Certified Forensics Analyst (GCFA), the GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA), 
and the Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).

So how is it that, despite the economic turmoil, pay for these certs is still on the rise? "With state laws about public disclosure, [companies are] starting to look at security as more of a business risk. [They] realize if they don't get their acts together, their reputation suffers, their brand suffers." said David Foote, the firm's co-founder, CEO and chief researcher.

Two of the most widely respected security industry certifications, the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), neither gained nor declined over the past quarter, but were up 16.7% and 15.4%, respectively, since December 2007. These steady gains are a result, according to Foote, of "companies making serious changes in 2007. [They began to] look at where the risk was [and] realized they were spending way too much money on the perimeter and not enough on data protection. [This is] the third year where companies have been trying to move these budgets to where the risk really is."
By Carolyn Gibney

Download IT Skills & Certification Pay Survey
http://www.footepartners.com/FooteNewsRelease_July2009ITlabortrends_072609V2.pdf

- Prakash




      
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