Data from the U.S. Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics suggests a sharp rise in the number of professionals who identify themselves as an information security analyst. About 56,000 individuals described themselves as information security analysts during the 12 months ended June 30, up from 45,000 for the fourth quarter of 2011. As cybersecurity is increasingly seen as a growth field, we may be seeing more individuals self-identifying as cybersecurity types in the interest of job security. As more professionals describe their work as including more IT security responsibilities, they could be shifted.”]
Source: https://www.careersinfosecurity.com/blogs/how-security-workforce-expanding-p-1505