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Corporate security career path often cultivated internally

(14 Mar 2003)

Enterprises have plenty of good reasons to look inward when building an IT security staff. It's often cheaper to hire from within, and current employees know the business and long-term company goals. On the flip side, firsthand security experience always looks good to companies hiring in this space, which is expected to be a $45 billion business by 2007.

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