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Looking for a job in security?

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Oct 22, 20081 min

Here are a couple:

Director Global Cyber Security Management

SALARY RANGE: 114,468.00 – 172,200.00 USD per year

This position is located in the National Cyber Security Division (NCSD), Office of Cyber Security  Communications (CS&C), National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD), Department of Homeland Security (DHS).  The Director of Global Cyber Security Management will serve and oversee the execution of the Software Assurance, Standards and Best Practices, Supply Chain Risk Management, and Training and Education programs and staff.

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 Deputy Director, National Cyber Security Division

SALARY RANGE: 114,468.00 – 172,200.00 USD per year

This position is located in the National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) in the office of the Assistant Secretary, Cybersecurity and Communications, National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD), U.S. Department of Homeland Security.  The Deputy Director of NCSD is responsible to support the Director and help drive national participation in the protection of America’s cyber infrastructure by identifying and assessing the nature and scope of cyber terrorism, computer hacking, state-sponsored information warfare, and industry and public internet needs.

I expected the salary ranges to be much lower.  Just remember, if you take one of these you will have to deal with impatient pundits and bloggers who expect you to move FASTER!  

Richard Stiennon is chief research analyst at IT-Harvest, the firm he founded in 2005 to cover the 1,600 vendors that make up the IT security industry. He is the author of Surviving Cyberwar (Government Institutes, 2010) and There Will Be Cyberwar: How the Move to Network-Centric Warfighting Set the Stage for Cyberwar. He is a member of the advisory board at the Information Governance Initiative and principal of TrueBit Cyber Partners. He also serves on the R2-TAC, the technical advisory committee for the Responsible Recycling standard for e-waste.

Stiennon was chief marketing officer for Fortinet Inc. and vice president of threat research at Webroot Software. Prior to that, he was vice president of research at Gartner Inc. He has a B.S. in aerospace engineering and an M.A. in war in the modern world from King’s College, London.

The opinions expressed in this blog are those of Richard Stiennon and do not necessarily represent those of IDG Communications Inc. or its parent, subsidiary or affiliated companies.

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