Covers career paths, job roles, salary expectations, and hiring trends across the cybersecurity industry. Posts help readers understand what employers look for and how to position themselves for roles ranging from analyst to CISO.
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The Hiring Manager Doesn't Care Where You Studied I've reviewed hundreds of resumes for security analyst and incident response roles over the years. Here's what surprises most people: an online computer security degree carries the same weight as one earned on a physical campus
3.5 Million Unfilled Positions — And Counting Cybersecurity Ventures projected 3.5 million unfilled cybersecurity jobs globally by 2021. We've hit that number. Right now, organizations across every sector — healthcare, finance, government, retail — are scrambling to hire people who understand how to defend networks, investigate breaches, and build
Colonial Pipeline just paid a $4.4 million ransom to a threat actor group called DarkSide. That attack — which shut down fuel distribution across the U.S. East Coast this month — has done more for cybersecurity hiring than any recruiting campaign ever could. Every board of directors in America is
The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack this week shut down fuel distribution across the Eastern United States. One attack. One compromised password. Millions of people affected. If you needed a reason to pursue an online computer security degree in 2021, you're watching it play out on live television right
The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a 33% growth rate for information security analyst roles through 2033 — roughly six times faster than the average for all occupations. Yet right now, in 2026, roughly 500,000 cybersecurity positions in the U.S. remain unfilled. If you've been searching for
The Talent Shortage That's Driving Six-Figure Salaries In 2023, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reported over $12.5 billion in losses from cybercrime — a number that's only grown since. Organizations are desperate for qualified defenders, and that desperation shows up directly in
The Hiring Manager Doesn't Care Where You Sat in Class I've reviewed over a thousand resumes for security analyst and incident response roles. Not once — not a single time — have I rejected a candidate because their online computer security degree wasn't earned in a
