Here’s my list of IT/security basics that I think IT auditors ought to know. If you can’t understand and audit these items, you do not know enough about technology to avoid having the wool pulled over your irises (not matter how good an auditor you are). The list is in no particular order.
If you’re a CISA or CISSP and you don’t know the following, I think you have some work to do.
According to CIO magazine, here’s the hot IT jobs (followed by comments by me in italics):
NOTE: IT Auditors, don’t pass over this article!
1. Security specialist/ethical hacker
One specialty, computer forensics, is hot. Forensic labs are almost always behind in their work. Is it due to a lack of good technicians or that forensic folks aren’t cheap? Either answer is good news.
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