Outline and classify the two common points of entry that information security professionals come from. These are often ex-law enforcement and military personnel and technical professionals.
Gain awareness that college graduates and upper-division students are selecting and tailoring degree programs to prepare to work in the field of information security.
Assess the common current perception of information security is that a security professional must first be a proven professional in another field of IT. However, IT professionals who move into information security tend to focus on the technology, sometimes in place of general information security issues.