"H4CKERS WANTED" report: NSA not having trouble filling cybersecurity jobs

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http://www.networkworld.com/article/2364271/security0/h4ckers-wanted-report-nsa-not-having-trouble-filing-cybersecurity-jobs.html

By Ellen Messmer
NetworkWorld
June 18, 2014

While there’s a notion that a dearth of cybersecurity professionals the 
shortage is most acute at the "high end" where $250,000 salaries are not 
uncommon for those who combine technical and managerial skills.

That’s according to the RAND Corp. report today on the topic, which also 
looked at how well the National Security Agency and other military-focused 
agencies were recruiting cybersecurity pros.

The 'H4CKERS WANTED" report from RAND, the non-profit policy think tank 
funded by the U.S. government and private endowment, looked at whether 
cybersecurity jobs are going unfilled, especially in the federal 
government, and if so, why. Co-authored by Martin Libicki, David Sentry 
and Julia Pollak, the RAND report reaches the conclusion that in the 
spectrum of the tasks that cybersecurity professionals might do, two types 
stand out as hard to find and recruit. In addition to the managerial job 
often thought of as the "chief information security officer" these days, 
it’s also the talented geeky few who can figure out that highly stealthy 
attacks are occurring or who can find "the hidden vulnerabilities in 
software and systems that allow advanced persistent threats to take hold 
of targeted systems."

Demand for cybersecurity skills in general began rising within the last 
five years, the report says, not because hackers are attacking networks 
more but because the defenders of those networks are far more aware of the 
hackers and are eager to employ someone who can set up ways to detect and 
stop them. In addition, the rise of state-sponsored stealthy 
cyber-espionage—and in some cases, even hard-hitting attacks suggestive of 
cyberwar--is heightening concerns.

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