"The impact of executive training on IT security is about owning the responsibilities, sharing accountability and balancing the risks," says Lee Congdon, CIO at Red Hat.
Looking ahead to the new year, Kristin Lovejoy of IBM says information security organizations face a host of global compliance issues - and the complexity of this challenge may be the biggest task of 2011.
Hemu Nigam says WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has become akin to a "cyber messiah" And Assange's followers have proven: "If you turn your back on our messiah, we are going to take you down."
"Companies are increasingly looking for individuals who have a business mindset and can make the connections among security, IT risk and business," says John Reed, executive director of Robert Half Technology.
"The purpose and needs for these is to establish those same business tools for information security professionals to enable them to make better business decisions," Center for Internet Security Chief Security Officer Steven Piliero says.
With baby boomers reaching the retirement stage, and the first throngs of Gen Y entering the information security workplace, the profession is evolving - and gaining new definition.
Defense contractors need hands-on candidates who can understand the technical and business issues within the government. Problem is: The demand for these candidates is clearly ahead of the current supply.
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