Cybersecurity Ventures predicts that in 2023, there will be 3.5 million unfilled cybersecurity roles, enough to fill 50 NFL stadiums. This list of 50 titles is intended to give insight into the wide range of potential career opportunities in this rapidly expanding industry.
The jobs listed are legitimate and include:
- Application Security Administrator
- Artificial Intelligence Security Specialist
- Automotive Security Engineer
- Blockchain Developer/Engineer
- Blue Team Member
- Bug Bounty Hunter
- Cybersecurity Scrum Master
- Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
- Chief Security Officer (CSO)
- Cloud Security Architect
- Counterespionage Analyst
- Cryptanalyst
- Cryptographer
- Cyber Insurance Policy Specialist
- Cyber Intelligence Specialist
- Cyber Operations Specialist
- Cybercrime Investigator
- Cybersecurity Hardware Engineer
- Cybersecurity Software Developer/Engineer
- Data Privacy Officer
- Data Recovery Specialist
- Data Security Analyst
- Digital Forensics Analyst
- Disaster Recovery Specialist
- Ethical/White Hat Hacker
- Governance Compliance & Risk (GRC) Manager
- IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) Security Specialist
- Incident Responder
- Information Assurance Analyst
- Information Security Analyst
- Information Security Manager/Director
- Intrusion Detection Analyst
- IoT (Internet of Things) Security Specialist
- IT Security Architect
- Malware Analyst
- Mobile Security Engineer
- Network Security Administrator
- Penetration Tester (Pen-Tester)
- PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) Analyst
- Red Team Member
- SCADA (Supervisory control and data acquisition) Security Analyst
- Security Auditor
- Security Awareness Training Specialist
- Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst
- Security Operations Center (SOC) Manager
- Source Code Auditor
- Threat Hunter
- Virus Technician
- Vulnerability Assessor
In addition to these 50 roles, more cyber and crypto jobs may be coming soon.
For further information, readers can check out the SANS Institute’s list of the 20 coolest cybersecurity jobs, which includes some of the same positions with further job descriptions. As cyberthreats keep increasing, future cybersecurity roles may include Deepfake Analyst, Driverless-Car Security Specialist, Implanted-Device Guardian, Anti-Cheat Referee, and Chief Identity and Digital Officer. Further information is available in the blogs and articles covering cybersecurity.
