The topics I wrote about for this column in 2017 have been focused on skills, competencies and ways you can progress your security career through self-assessment and improvement. If you have been working through the various topics month by month with me, you should now consider where the largest number of career opportunities will be available to you in the New Year.
Contrary to what you read in the press, cyber and IT security are not the only growing areas for careers in security. The complex systems of checks and balances that exist across society are being challenged as never before. Corporations are struggling with how to build governance around how people act and behave while still protecting organizational assets.