Staffing Shortages Harm Cyber Agenda
Major shortages of skilled cyber professionals and a lack of leadership, planning and coordination within the federal cybersecurity workforce threaten national security according to a Wednesday report by the Partnership for Public Service and Booz Allen Hamilton. The report recommends that the White House develop a government-wide blueprint to acquire, train and retain cyber talent. President Obama declared cybersecurity to be one of the nation's most serious economic and national security challenges and the solution is "to build a vibrant, highly trained and dedicated federal cybersecurity workforce," Partnership President Max Stier said.
The report also recommended devising new job classifications because one classification hasn't been updated since the 1980s. Furthermore, the paper urges the creation of a dedicated, high-level team within the Office of Personnel Management to identify and remove barriers to hiring top cybersecurity talent. Meanwhile, members of Congress should expand and fund programs that train graduate and undergraduate students in cybersecurity. Training programs should be developed to ensure a state-of-the-art federal cybersecurity workforce, the paper stated. Read the full report here.
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