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DHS chief on unfilled cybersecurity positions: We’re working on it

April 27, 2018

Via: The Hill
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The head of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Thursday told Congress that the agency continues to look for ways to recruit and retain a skilled cyber workforce, even as the federal government struggles to overcome a shortage of unfilled positions.

DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen told Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) during a Hill hearing that while the government cannot pay their cybersecurity employees as much as the private industry, they have found they can still attract skilled cyber workers to serve their country if people understand the threat and the mission.

While the DHS uses the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education framework to help “identify the unique skill sets” the agency needs to hire, she said, the agency also is working to help “folks in the community understand the mission.”

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