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Cyberattacks driving demand for information security pros in healthcare, BLS says

Cyberattacks driving demand for information security pros in healthcare, BLS says

July 26, 2016

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All the data breaches, hackers, ransowmare and medical records theft during the last couple years in healthcare is creating great demand for information security professionals.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in fact, projected that the number of jobs in the information security analysts occupation will increase by 18 percent from 2014 to 2024, a BLS report indicates.

The growth is occurring “much faster than the average for all occupations,” the BLS said the growth is happening much faster than the average of all occupations; the broader category of computer.

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