David Foote is CEO and chief research officer of Foote Partners, an IT workforce research firm. Foote has long been one of the nation’s leading industry analysts tracking, analyzing, and reporting on IT workforce management and compensation practices, trends and issues. He discusses: The hottest IT security skills and certifications;. Hiring trends and areas of growth in the coming months;. Complementary skills that also are in high demand;. Security budgets this year are basically flat, but security budgets are flat.”]