Anderson Willinger, executive search experts, analyzed IT Security Management and prepared few observations for you.

The most advanced IT security teams are within companies specilized on data processing, followed by banking industry and consulting. Utilities developed broad structure of IT Security mainly in 2016 and 2017. New team is set in most of all banks. Telecommunications divide IT security into in-house, as well as consulting services.

• Insurance providers invested mainly in strong infrastructure, IT security is a part of IT, the same is for a building saving companies.

• There are 2 global shared service centers focused on IT Security in Prague.

• There are several state owned institutions with solid IT Security teams.

• Due to legislation CZ Security is more demanding than Slovak. As such 85 percent of relevant candidates are centred in the Czech Republic.

• Anderson Willinger, executive search, expects a recent boom of IT Security hires, mainly in Insurance, Consulting, Retail and production companies.

• Fixed Gross Salary starts around CZK 120.000, medium 150.000, maximum 180.000. Global IT Security roles with salary 220-250.000 a month as a base. • Only 15 % of all IT security professionals screened have the certificate (CISM, CISA, CRISC, CISSP, CRMP, CHFI)

HOW IS IT SECURITY ORGANIZED

• 45 % of IT Security departments are under Risk, 22 % under Operations.

• IT security is divided into Strategy, Operations and IT Security Architecture

• 22% of IT Security reports directly CEO, usually when IT Security is to be set up

• 11% of companies created for IT Security own shared centers, telecommunication companies are using these centers also for external services

To read the entire Anderson Willinger, executive search, study in PDF, click here: Overview of IT Security Management