http://www.networkworld.com/article/2364271/security0/h4ckers-wanted-report-nsa-not-having-trouble-filing-cybersecurity-jobs.html
By Ellen Messmer
NetworkWorld
June 18, 2014
While there’s a notion that a dearth of cybersecurity professionals the
shortage is most acute at the "high end" where $250,000 salaries are not
uncommon for those who combine technical and managerial skills.
That’s according to the RAND Corp. report today on the topic, which also
looked at how well the National Security Agency and other military-focused
agencies were recruiting cybersecurity pros.
The 'H4CKERS WANTED" report from RAND, the non-profit policy think tank
funded by the U.S. government and private endowment, looked at whether
cybersecurity jobs are going unfilled, especially in the federal
government, and if so, why. Co-authored by Martin Libicki, David Sentry
and Julia Pollak, the RAND report reaches the conclusion that in the
spectrum of the tasks that cybersecurity professionals might do, two types
stand out as hard to find and recruit. In addition to the managerial job
often thought of as the "chief information security officer" these days,
it’s also the talented geeky few who can figure out that highly stealthy
attacks are occurring or who can find "the hidden vulnerabilities in
software and systems that allow advanced persistent threats to take hold
of targeted systems."
Demand for cybersecurity skills in general began rising within the last
five years, the report says, not because hackers are attacking networks
more but because the defenders of those networks are far more aware of the
hackers and are eager to employ someone who can set up ways to detect and
stop them. In addition, the rise of state-sponsored stealthy
cyber-espionage—and in some cases, even hard-hitting attacks suggestive of
cyberwar--is heightening concerns.
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