Information Security Analysts

Employers

Approximately 112,300 information security analysts are employed in the United States. About 26 percent work for computer systems design and related services firms, 18 percent are employed in the finance and insurance sectors, 10 percent work in management of companies and enterprises, and 8 percent work in the information industry.Other major employers include the health care and defense industries, law enforcement agencies, federal government agencies (including the U.S. Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, and the intelligence community), and state and local governments. A small number of analysts are self-employed.