What does a ‘Computer Security Specialist’ do?

This is all I found on yahoo: Computer Security Specialist

A big chunk of the ARRA money is dedicated to health-care information-technology initiatives — digitizing medical records so they’re easier to transmit and share between doctors, hospitals and pharmacists. Computer-security experts who can help keep electronic medical records locked away from computer hackers and other unauthorized users will be in high demand as the health-care sector modernizes, says Laurence Shatkin, author of "Great Jobs in the President’s Stimulus Plan."

Other specialists will be needed to train workers on how to keep the data safe. A brief certificate program may suffice to get you started in this field, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) says. "There’s going to be a special role here of how to keep prying eyes away," Shatkin says.

Is this a sign that the United States is moving towards a police state?? Or is it hype…..?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20070522/tc_zd/208073

Hidden inside the Immigration Reform Act, that was recently passed by Congress and approved by the president, is the expansion of the Employee Eligibility Verification System.

And I quote from the article:

"Employers would be required to submit identifying information provided by all members of the American work force—roughly 150 million people, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates— to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Data from prospective employees would be submitted as well. The data would be checked against database records, and anyone who failed that check would essentially be out of a job."

So we, as a nation, cannot fight poverty, hunger, or homelessness, but somehow, some way, the government is going to check 150 million employees records? We will all be required to pass a security clearance to be employed.

This is the work of Republicans and Democrats.
Let me just clarify this for everyone:

If you fail a security clearance check, you will not be able to get a job. Not if you fail to provide a SSN, or a Drivers license. If you fail a SECURITY CHECK BY THE DEPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, YOU WILL BE UNEMPLOYED!