Department of Homeland Security-funded CYBER.ORG has announced the kickoff of the development of the K-12 cybersecurity learning standards that can be used in schools and districts around the country. Keep Reading
Cybersecurity workers were taken off some or all of their typical security duties to assist with other IT-related tasks, including equipping mobile workforces. Keep Reading
Transmosis, a nationally recognized leader in cybersecurity workforce development and small business cyber security protection, today announced it has been named a recipient of EARN funding from the Maryland Department of Labor. Keep Reading
Join a national movement to elevate and expand the conversation around the positive impact in building the cybersecurity workforce in America. Keep Reading
Coates got his start in IT security through red team exercises . He would use social engineering, physical pen testing, and a variety of hacks. Keep Reading
“What’s Your Warrior?” plans to tie aspirational warrior identities to the Army’s 150 unique careers and eight broad specialty areas. Keep Reading
About 35,000 federal agency information security incidents in fiscal year 2017 alone "make it imperative that the Department intensify its efforts" to recruit. Keep Reading
By offering employees more competitive pay, the initiative looks to address the shortage of cyber expertise plaguing Homeland Security and other federal agencies. Keep Reading
The GAO report says that by assigning work roles that are inconsistent with the IT, cybersecurity, and cyber-related positions, the agencies are diminishing the reliability of the information they need to improve workforce planning. Keep Reading
The cloud services expansion gives U.S. government customers additional isolated AWS infrastructure for their sensitive, highly regulated and mission-critical data and applications. Keep Reading
Agencies will need to report annually until 2022 on cyber-related work roles of critical need in the workforce and describe the roles identified and substantiate the critical needs designation. Keep Reading
The latest report also found that although DHS reported to Congress that it had coded 95 percent of its identified cybersecurity positions, last August it had actually only coded around 79 percent. Keep Reading