The case for professionalism in IT security

摘要

Recent discussion and engagement with the information security industry has shown there is a pressing need to formalise information security as a profession. With this in mind, a group of respected leaders in academia, government and the private sector are now trying to lay the foundations for the creation of a professional body for information security specialists. There are several pressures demanding greater professionali-sation. Information security is now seen as mission-critical to many companies where accurate, timely and confidential information underpins the success of valuable business processes.