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10-12-2009, 07:36 AM
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's effort to hire some 1,000 new cybersecurity experts could hit a wall because people with such skills are increasingly hard to find, according to security experts. DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano has announced that the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and the U.S. Office of Management and Budget have both agreed to allow the agency to hire up to 1,000 security experts over the next three years to ramp up its cybersecurity efforts. The announcement about the DHS's hiring plans comes at a time of continuing questions about cybersecurity leadership. Critics have said that the NSA and the Department of Defense continue to exert more leadership on cybersecurity issues. The NSA's growing security leadership has led to increasing calls for the DHS to oversee the defense of government and commercial interests in cyberspace.
For more information:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9138998/DHS_faces_challenge_in_hiring_1_000_security_exper ts
For more information:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9138998/DHS_faces_challenge_in_hiring_1_000_security_exper ts