Eleven tips for building a stronger cybersecurity workforce

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http://www.nextgov.com/cio-briefing/wired-workplace/2012/10/eleven-tips-building-stronger-cybersecurity-workforce/58564/

By Brittany Ballenstedt
Nextgov.com
Oct 3, 2012

October marks National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and as part of 
that effort, an advisory council at the Homeland Security Department has 
put forth 11 recommendations for the government in how it can best 
develop, recruit and retain sophisticated cybersecurity talent.

The Homeland Security Advisory Council’s Task Force on Cyber Skills on 
Tuesday released its recommendations, which include creating a dedicated 
cybersecurity career path, improving training, streamlining the hiring 
process and improving opportunities for veterans to be trained and hired 
for mission-critical cybersecurity work.

The report cites several recent cyber attacks at government agencies 
like the Commerce Department and private companies like Google and 
Exxon-Mobil as reasons why having a top-notch cybersecurity workforce is 
critical to not only respond to emerging threats but also get ahead of 
the new attack tempo. “Finding the people with the needed skills, 
however, poses a dilemma,” the report states. “The numbers of 
professionals with these mission-critical skills are so limited that 
government contractors and federal agencies compete with one another and 
the private sector to hire them.”

The task force recommended that DHS:

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