The lawmakers want the Pentagon to assess remaining gaps in implementing the department’s 2023–2027 Cyber Workforce Strategy.

NEW ORLEANS — It’s no secret that state governments often struggle to compete against deep-pocketed private companies for cybersecurity recruits. But Montana is finding that an internal recruitment ...

To address the cybersecurity skills gap and support national workforce needs, Workcred, in partnership with the Cyber Ready Professional Consortium (formerly the National CyberWatch Center), has ...

New legislation from Reps. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., and Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, attempts to expand the U.S. government’s pool of cyber talent by promoting skills-based hiring. Workforce Congress OPM ...

A member of the 7th Communications Squadron examines equipment at Dyess Air Force Base. (Airman 1st Class Jade M. Caldwell/US Air Force) This is a guest post by Pat Tamburrino Jr., chief ...

Ensuring our nation has a capable, qualified and ready-to-deploy cyber workforce is a national security imperative. We can’t ignore shortfalls and hope for the best. We can’t rely on computer networks ...

Cybersecurity is a strange mix of action movie and workplace training video. Critical infrastructure, electric vehicles and financial transactions are all vulnerable. Defense includes less easily ...

From cyber operation centers to social media cyber influencers, the cyber workforce is evolving, especially in just the last few years. On the technology side, new cyber capabilities, advanced ...

Sens. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) and Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) reintroduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation today to encourage state, local, and tribal governments to strengthen their defenses against ...

The global cyber security workforce needs to increase by 87% to fill the current shortfall of cyber talent, according to research. ISC2’s 2024 Cybersecurity workforce study found there are currently ...

State agencies are fighting the same two battles: too many cyber threats and not enough analysts that they can afford or keep. States are losing trained analysts to private industry at 2–3x the salary ...