Information Security Careers

Information Security Degrees

As an IT security professional, does it really matter which school a degree is earned from? For example, I have two schools that are both online and regionally accredited: American Military University and University of Maryland University College. AMU offers a B.S. in Information Systems...

Certification recommendation?

I have a Bachelor's in Business Administration and have worked in the field of office administration for over 10 years. I have recently been given the option to move over to IT Compliance as a Risk Analyst. My boss the CIO feels this would be a great field for me to get into. The only issue is the...

how can i learn to be a network admin/engineer?

i am getting a degree in network security/telecommunications currently. is school going to teach me everything i know to do a job or it's just going to give the skills to get it done but how do actually get experience in doing it which is what an employer wants. internships are hard to get as they...

Entering a career in Information Security

Hello, I am Rahul and would like to know that apart from education, how much technical knowledge and experience is necessary to do something good in Information Security? To refine how much of Programming, Operating Systems, Networks knowledge and experience is required? Please feel free to point...

Will a BSc in Information Security get me a network security job?

I would like to get my BSc in Information Security Systems. In the near future I would like to get a networking security career. Do you think this is a good degree? Otherwise what can I do to get into the security field?

Practical start in the IT field

Hi. I am an IT professional having CISA, CISSP certification. i have recently started working in the Information security field, can anybody suggest how to get started here.?One suggestion i received was that i should get my networking concepts very correct as they will be applied regardless of the...