Japan needs 80,000 EXTRA info-security bods to stay safe Japan has an 80,000 shortfall in infosec professionals, and needs to provide extra training for more than half of those currently in the industry, if it’s to protect key IT systems from attack, according to the government. A government panel of information security experts met back in June to draw up a long term plan to …
heh, from an IT perspective Japan's pretty shabby though I suppose that may make their lives easier at some point.
On the giant shortage of security people, it's so difficult to get into the industry (basically you need a lucky break) that there'll always be a shortage. Most companies only want one person and they want one really good person who can do all the things at once and has worked for a secret agency and can catch bullets with his teeth.
Oh well.
Well... you don't code in Kanji, may comment in it though. The Japanese do write a reasonable number of computer games... they also have had a number of good enough for their time period sharing apps, most are borked now though.
Doesn't take that long to learn (enough) Kanji (to get by) if you really want to though, but it is a bugger, a proper dictionary and understanding how to find things in it helps.
"Doesn't take that long to learn (enough) Kanji (to get by) if you really want to though, but it is a bugger, a proper dictionary and understanding how to find things in it helps."
Compared to English, where every rule has its exception and one doesn't need a dictionary to get by, one needs a four dimensional map.
Exactly.
Just passed on a Windows Architect with heavy information security involvement at all levels, in essence, an information security type that also dabbles at all levels of the network for a mere $128k in total compensation.
All also allegedly a high level position, but the duties read low level and high level. In short, a one man shop.
ROFLAMO! I was pulling in $160k, plus company car, plus paid housing, plus bonus and a retirement package in my last position.
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