4 Million Information Security Professionals?

Frost & Sullivan surveyed 10,413 information security professionals from around the globe on behalf of (ISC)2. They estimate the number of information security professionals in 2010 to have been approximately 2.28 million (over 617,000 in EMEA). The number is supposed to increase to almost 4.24 million (1.15 million in EMEA) by 2015.

2010 – 2015 Forecast for Information Security Professionals:

							2010-2015
	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	CAGR
Americas	920,845	1,058,972	1,214,641	1,393,193	1,570,128	1,785,236	14.2%
EMEA	617,271	703,689	796,576	897,741	1,014,448	1,148,355	13.2%
APAC	748,348	830,666	924,531	1,038,248	1,168,029	1,310,529	11.9%
Total	2,286,464	2,593,327	2,935,748	3,329,183	3,752,605	4,244,120	13.2%

Full report can be found here: https://www.isc2.org/uploadedFiles/Industry_Resources/FS_WP_ISC%20Study_020811_MLW_Web.pdf