Are you confused about the difference between information security and cyber security don't
worry I got you covered I am Venicia your cyber security basic and I simplify all things cyber
security so that you can succeed now in this video I will be breaking down the difference between
cyber and information security and I'll tell you about different jobs and roles and different
salaries that's associated with each of these areas so that how hopefully this helps you firstly
to explain this in an interview and secondly to find your space in the security world where you
want to thrive I'm going to start by giving you the simplest explanation that you have ever heard
when it comes to information security versus cyber security and it is just this simple information
security covers the protection of data no matter where it is whether it is electronic or physical
cyber security on the other hand covers the protection of data electronically so simply put
cyber security is actually information security where it covers the protection of electronic data
information security covers everything so cyber security forms a part of information security
got it awesome all right now that we know the difference and we are all clear on the
difference we know how to explain it let's look at the different job options for age and then
the different salaries Associated starting again with information security I'm gonna put the list
over here and there are many different roles that you can look at here from an information security
analyst the security consultant a risk manager a compliance officer you can look at the CSO
role the Chief Information Security Officer wall will sit in here and the salaries can range from
a beginner level from anything from around 75 000 us per year to like your CSO level role which is
around 205 000. dollars per year and then on the other hand you'll have your more cyber security
kind of roles now think of these roles where you're now trying to electronically predict the
data so you're protecting it against the weights malware you you are doing cyber security on the
internet right that's basically it's online it's electronic so here you will have your malware
analysts your forensic investigators your cyber security and stock analysts you can even have
the specific cyber security architects in this space with also a magnitude of very lucrative
salaries now they can absolutely be some overlap between these spaces for example you can have an
infosec analyst and a cyber security analyst you can have an architect in the infosec side and
you can have a cyber security architect I work in Cloud security so in Myspace I would see my
myself more on the cyber security side protecting electronic information and data but I do also lean
over into protecting all information where when it comes to complying to certain policies or
um those kinds of standards that we need to meet so I definitely have to be knowledgeable
across the Spectrum and you can basically select anywhere in the Spectrum or you want
to be know the difference between information security and cyber security choose your path
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