How to Get a High-Paid Job in Computer Forensics
Friday, May 15, 2009 6:04Computer is no more a safe medium. With the advancement of the computer technologies the hackers have also developed at even greater speed. I must say that no computer system is safe today. You can be attacked by the hacker anytime. And as far as the crime is considered the cyber crime can be committed at any time and with an ease. This has made the computer security a very important issue and hence this field of computer forensics produces more than one thousand highly paid jobs every year.
Hackers have become very powerful and now the government is trying to build a forensic team in the field of computers as well to fight with such crime. However at first you will have to first understand the vastness of this field. Computer Forensic is one of the fields which are not quiet old. In fact it originated in the early eighties but at that time it was famous among the scientists and engineers only. However with the introduction of the internet to the general public this became quiet popular and now it is at its peak.
Even recession does not have any affect on the computer forensics jobs field. In fact there has been increase in the number of jobs related to this field in the present time. Here are some of the highly paid jobs in this field.
1. Computer Forensics Managers Job
The job description of this job can be summed up in few words and that is if you want to be at this position then you will have to work on computer forensics and investigation. You will be helped by number of forensics expert who will be involved in investigating under your supervision. As you have understood you will need to have at least six to ten years of experience for getting this post. However experience is no bar for the talented candidates. The salary ranges from $150000 to $200000 per annum.As far as the qualification is concerned you will have to be a CISA, CISM, CISSP, and CFE, CPA or CMA License holder.
2. Forensics laboratory technician
This is another highly paid job. Your job description is simple. You will have to check various parts of the computer being found in suspected area and find out all the information which you can get from that computer. The salary is also quiet good in the range of $40000 to $80000 which is quiet a good salary. There are also quiet a good chance for getting the government job which makes this field quiet interesting among the youth.
Keeping all this in mind I firmly believe that computer forensics is the field to watch out in the coming future.