Outlook
Employment for information security analysts will grow by 32 percent from 2018 to 2028, according to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), or much faster than the average for all occupations. The need for professional hackers is increasing as the number of cyberattacks on the IT systems of companies and government agencies grows. The DOL reports that employment of information security analysts in the area of computer systems design and related services, specifically, will grow 55 percent.
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