IT Security skills wanted in 2008

Security compliance is necessarily a top priority for 2008. So it should come as no surprise that IT security experts are listed as one of the “eight hottest IT skills for 2008“. These are IT skills that are in short supply, with no end to the shortage in sight.

InterGovWorld names the 8 hottest IT skills as:

1. Programming/application development in Web 2.0
2. Project management
3. Help / tech support
4. Security
5. Database management
6. Business acumen
7. Networking skills
8. Telecommunication skills

IT security professionals are needed in all core security areas, from intrusion-detection to government security, but the highest demand is in database and wireless security projects.

Thanks to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, “there has to be a way to control security on databases and networks to a level that we’ve never had to lock it down before,” says Joel Reiter, an application analyst at U.S. Bancorp in St. Paul, Minn.

The 8th skill on the list is also a top skill for security professionals. There is a huge demand for people with wireless and security skills combined as organizations try to expand into a networked environment – safely.

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