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October 2004

The security certification industry gets increasingly competitive as organizations target subsectors of the industry. The Security & Loss Prevention Management Council of American Trucking Associations is taking the wraps off a new Certified Cargo Security Professional (CCSP) designation, which will require applicants to pass a multiple-choice exam and obtain continuing education credits. @ Link through SM Online for more information.

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A recent workshop on that topic, sponsored by the National Research Council (NRC), discussed specific ways in which math experts could help the cause of deterring attacks. "Mathematics, operations research statistics, and computer science provide the fundamental tools for extracting relevant information from the flood of data of all types that our senses receive," Peter Bickel, chair of the NRC's Board on Mathematical Sciences and Applications, told the attendees

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By Peter Piazza

The number of security professionals will nearly double, rising to 2.1 million by 2008, predicts the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, or (ISC)². The rate of growth will vary by region, however, according to the group's Global Information Security Workforce Study. For example, growth of about 12 percent annually is anticipated in the Americas, while growth of about 18.3 percent is expected in the Asia/Pacific region.

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