http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2015/12/agencies-get-marching-orders-filling-major-cyber-talent-shortage/124520/
By Jack Moore
Nextgov.com
December 15, 2015
Federal agencies face a rapidly approaching deadline to identify
cybersecurity workforce shortages.
Boosting the government’s information security workforce is a key part of
the Obama administration’s long-term strategy for securing federal
networks. It follows a 30-day rapid action plan initiated this summer to
tighten online defenses in the wake of the massive Office of Personnel
Management hack.
By Dec. 31, agencies are required to report to the White House the top
five areas -- network services, cyberthreat analysis, systems development,
and others -- where they lack sufficient personnel.
OMB and OPM plan to publish a first-ever governmentwide cybersecurity HR
strategy in April.
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