Is information security ageist?
This is a complicated issue. The way most departments are set up inevitably means that there are many more jobs for those with 1-10 years experience than those with 10+ years experience. However, because information security professionals tend to stay in their chosen career for a long time, those with many years experience often perceive the market as ageist. Whilst this can be true of some employers, we would argue that it is not as bad as many believe. Perhaps this perception has not been helped by the fact that in recent years there has been a trend for security to answer into risk management, a department that is often led by someone less than 40 years old.
