Jeff Combs

As companies focus on Big Data, new security challenges have resulted in a demand for Big Data security architects.

As demand for security professionals skyrockets, the ability to find and attract this talent is limited by organizations' recruiting process and talent.

The demand for infosec-focused communications and messaging pros is growing.

There's a high demand for the assistance of cyber security contract specialists.

Organizations are in search of qualified cloud security architects to assist with migrating the business to the cloud.

As organizations leverage large data-sets to drive business, the legal and ethical lines around privacy are blurred. Addressing privacy and security issues around Big Data is destined to become our industry's greatest challenge.

As organizations collect increasing amounts of data related to security and IT risk, the demand for security analytics specialists is high.

There is increased demand for defensive-minded security pros with the ability to manage perimeter security technologies. These roles can be found in security teams that manage their own infrastructure.

There is a growing demand for IT-GRC-focused data and metrics analysts, says security recruiter Jeff Combs of L.J. Kushner & Associates.

As threats grow in complexity, many organizations rely on managed security service providers to handle security operations center (SOC) capabilities.