Soft Skills Most Desired by Information Systems Security Employers
- Presentation Skills
- Conflict Resolution Skills
- Team Building
Activities for Resume Building
- Annual Technology Festivals
- Ongoing IT Contests
Memberships
- ISACA
- CIPS, Alberta
- ISC2 Chapter Edmonton
- ICE Conference (ICEconference.com)
Designations
- CEH: Certified Ethical Hacker
- ACBP: Associate Business Continuity Professional
- COBITV5 Foundation Certification
- SANG
- GSEC
- GCIH
- CISSP (5 yrs experience)
- Also consider: ITIL, COBIT
Volunteer
- Offer to volunteer with membership organizations or other companies who may benefit from Information Security services so as to gain experience and obtain references
- Reach out to board member of organizations and associations and request to be a student volunteer