Also called: Cybersecurity Architect
Designs the overall security of an organization's systems: firewalls, identity, encryption, and cloud defenses.
You decide how a hospital should protect patient records across 40 buildings and the cloud. You write security standards, review new projects, and say no when something is too risky.
Estimate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 10 years after high school. Bachelor's plus 8+ years of security experience; CISSP common.
Ways in: 4-year college, Certification, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Cybersecurity, Computer Science.
Growing much faster than average (about 21% over 10 years). Grows with the broader security field.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. AI helps model threats and check configs, but designing defenses across a whole organization stays senior judgment.
Classes: AP Computer Science A, AP CS Principles, Debate.
Official data: O*NET occupation 15-1212.
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