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Department of Homeland Security on Lookout For It Security Pros
"This new hiring authority will enable DHS to recruit the best cyber-analysts, developers and engineers in the world to serve their country by leading the nation's defenses against cyber-threats," says DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano.
Credit: U.S. Department of Homeland Security
The Obama Administration has granted the Department of Homeland Security approval to hire as many as 1,000 cyber-security experts during the next three years. Officials at the Department of Homeland Security are planning to hire IT workers in security-related areas such as vulnerability detection and network and systems engineering. The new hiring initiative, announced by DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano at the start of National Cyber-Security Awareness Month, is the result of a collaborative effort between DHS, the Office of Personnel Management, and the Office of Management and Budget. According to Napolitano, this new hiring authority will enable DHS to recruit the best cyber-analysts, developers and engineers to protect the nation against cyber-threats.
According to the Department of Homeland Security, the list of U.S. government positions to be filled covers areas such as cyber-risk and strategic analysis, cyber-incident response, and vulnerability detection and assessment. The recent decision to ramp up federal cyber-security hiring follows reports by the Partnership for Public Service and consulting company Booz Allen Hamilton, which recently outlined a number of problems involved in recruiting and hiring cyber-security pros, as well as strategies for resolving these problems.
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