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Careers in Cybersecurity

Learn more about careers in Cybersecurity.

Career facts

Open positions

3.5 million vacant job positions in the cybersecurity industry

Top careers

  1. IT security specialist
  2. Information security engineer
  3. Network security engineer
  4. Security engineer
  5. Application security engineer

National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies

Further information from NICSS about how to learn more about cybersecurity

How much would you earn?

Most recent median pay data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics

On Nov. 20, 2022, the median pay was $102,600 per year.