Government data show 5% Rise in InfoSec Analysts in 2015, growing to 73,000 in 2015. BLS defines information security analysts as those who plan, implement, upgrade or monitor security measures. Job descriptions the government develops don’t correspond with those employers write. The last update of the SOC occurred in 2010, with the first employment surveys on the field being conducted in 2011. But new information security occupations would paint a clearer picture of the field, professor says. Still, the better we can plan for the staffing needs to assure digital assets of businesses and government agencies.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/blogs/modest-growth-in-infosec-employment-p-2037