[Cisspstudy] (ISC)²® Survey Results - Economic Downturn

[Prakash]

The final results of a survey conducted by (ISC)²® (“ISC-squared”), the
not-for-profit global leader in educating and certifying information
security 

professionals
throughout their careers, suggests that information security
professionals can look forward to a future with new jobs coming onto
the 

market and
fewer expected budget cuts. The survey also indicated, however, that
hiring managers are struggling to fill positions as candidate salary 

expectations and skill levels do not meet current demand.



(ISC)²
conducted the survey in April and May 2009 to gain insight on the
impact the economic downturn is having on its certified membership and 

their
employers. Members were queried about the effect on various budgets and
their organisation and asked about their expectations for the future. 



They confirmed
that outsourcing is having an impact but that activity on this front
may be slowing – 30 percent had reported increased levels of 

outsourcing of
security functions, while only 18.7 percent expected the situation to
worsen in the next six months. Confirming preliminary findings 

released in April, budget cuts may also be slowing.



Over
two-thirds (nearly 72 percent) of respondents said their information
security budgets had been reduced in the six-month period from October 

2008 – March
2009, and roughly half (53.6 percent) revealed that their information
security departments had experienced at least one lay-off in the 

past few
months. Looking forward, 62 percent said they did not expect any
additional information security budget cuts for the remainder of the
year, 

while nearly 9
percent expected an increase. Just over 59 percent said no additional
personnel cuts would be forthcoming the remainder of the year.



The full results can be found here: DOWNLOAD



https://www.isc2.org/uploadedFiles/Career_Survey.pdf


      
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