International consultancy IDC recently completed the 2006 Global Information Security Workforce Study, sponsored by (ISC)2, to provide comprehensive insight into the trends and opportunities being felt by today's information security professionals. The third annual study, which polled 4,019 respondents across businesses of all sizes, touches on topics such as how organizations are viewing the importance of security, what solutions are being used to secure organizations, how much security pros are being paid, and what the future of education will focus on.