Participating Organisations	6		Last report published	January 2009
Jobholders	1,600		Next report due	January 2010

The Information Security & Risk Management Remuneration Survey is in its eighth year. The survey reports on the pay of Information Security & Risk Management specialists employed by consulting organisations and by large financial institutions.

The survey separately analyses the remuneration of those specialising in the following areas:

• Risk Assessment, Security Reviews and Audit
• Policies & Procedures and Security/Risk Management including:
  • General Security Policies & Procedures
  • Business Continuity Planning
• Technical Specialists including:
  • Security Testing & Implementation
  • Secure Infrastructure Architecture
• New & Emerging Technologies Security Specialists
• Cryptography/PKI specialists

All analyses are conducted according to job-level. There are 9 job-levels in this survey.

All pay analyses show Base Salary, Total Cash and Total Remuneration statistics.

In addition to the main national analysis of all jobs, the survey reports feature:

• Analysis by role/area of specialisation
• Regional analyses
• Analysis by business sector (financial services and public sector).
• Major components of the benefits package
• Bonuses, incentives, profit sharing

Other analyses are described in the full survey specification, available upon request.

Reports are produced every six months and are available only to participants.

Analyses are available in electronic format.

Details of our job-matching, analysis and presentation methodologies and techniques are available upon request.

Individual subscriber practices are not identifiable in our surveys.