Cybersecurity hiring guides, InfoSec talent market analysis, security engineer salary benchmarks, and strategies for building cybersecurity teams that protect against evolving threats in cloud, network, and application security.
DevSecOps Engineer: Role, Skills & Salary in 2026 A DevSecOps engineer embeds security into every stage of the software delivery pipeline so vulnerabilities get caught while code is being written, not three weeks after it ships. Average base pay in the United States runs between $138,000 for junior hires and $218,000 for senior practitioners, with … Read more
The Axios npm package got backdoored on March 31, 2026 by North Korean hackers, and hours later Anthropic accidentally leaked the entire Claude Code source code through the same npm registry. Both events hit the JavaScript ecosystem on the same day. If your company runs Node.js in production, or if your developers use AI coding … Read more
SOC Analyst Career Path & Salary Guide A SOC analyst monitors an organization’s networks and systems for security threats, triaging alerts across SIEM platforms, investigating incidents, and escalating confirmed breaches. Entry-level Tier 1 analysts earn $57,000 to $80,000, while senior Tier 3 threat hunters pull $90,000 to $140,000 or more. The Bureau of Labor Statistics … Read more
Information Security Analyst: Complete Career Guide Last month we placed an information security analyst at a healthcare company in Irvine. Took three weeks from intake call to signed offer. The one before that took four months. Same title. Same salary range. Completely different outcome, and the difference had nothing to do with the candidate market. … Read more
The best cybersecurity staffing agencies in 2026 are KORE1, CyberSN, Optiv, TEKsystems, Insight Global, Motion Recruitment, Apex Systems, and Pinpoint Search Group. Pick by role type (SOC vs detection vs GRC), clearance requirements, and specialization depth. Best Cybersecurity Staffing Agencies in 2026 Eight cybersecurity staffing agencies worth evaluating in 2026: KORE1, CyberSN, Optiv, TEKsystems, Insight … Read more
$124,910. That’s the BLS median for information security analysts and it’s technically accurate and functionally useless for anyone trying to actually budget a cybersecurity hire. The range underneath that median runs from $70K for a Tier 1 SOC analyst who watches dashboards all day to $700K+ for a CISO at a public company who answers … Read more
Hiring cybersecurity engineers in 2026 means competing for a shrinking talent pool while threats grow more complex and budgets stay tight. The global cybersecurity workforce gap hit 4.8 million unfilled positions in 2024 according to ISC2, and the active workforce barely grew at all. Salaries are climbing 7 to 10 percent annually. CISOs at large … Read more
Overview A mid-sized healthcare provider facing an imminent HIPAA and HITRUST compliance audit discovered a critical gap in their cybersecurity expertise. With potential penalties of $1.5 million at stake, KORE1 identified, vetted, and placed a senior compliance analyst within 48 hours—enabling the client to pass their audit successfully while strengthening their overall security posture. The … Read more
A single data breach now costs organizations an average of $4.45 million, a sobering figure that highlights the growing cybersecurity crisis facing businesses. Equally alarming data shows that organizations can only fill 83% of their security positions. With the global cybersecurity market projected to reach $644.4 billion by 2033, the demand for cybersecurity professionals has … Read more
