Also called: Hospital Information Security Analyst
Defends hospitals from ransomware and data breaches that can shut down patient care.
Watches security alerts, investigates a suspicious login to patient records, runs phishing drills for staff, and helps the hospital recover if systems go down.
Estimate based on BLS information security analysts.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in cybersecurity or IT; Security+, CISSP, or HCISPP certifications.
Ways in: 4-year college, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Cybersecurity, Information Technology.
Growing much faster than average. Info security grows much faster than average.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI watches alerts and triages most routine events; investigating breaches and recovering hospitals from ransomware stays human.
Classes: AP Computer Science Principles, Computer networking CTE, Statistics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 15-1212.
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