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Shortage of cyber experts?

From Dr. Steven Brown | July 27th, 2009

According to a federal report, the U.S. is suffering from a shortage of cyber experts. Several reasons include the hiring process, certifications, and insufficient training, and that a federal workforce is needed. However, it is difficult to assume that this shortage of cyber experts leads to an increase in attacks, as the article suggests. We are all familiar with shortages, e.g., nurses, primary doctors, etc., but in this case would a shortage of cyber experts cause a real problem for the U.S.I hope that with the shortage of cyber experts, we also look to leadership in cyber security. We need to move away from the notion of hardware, such as firewalls and virus protection, and move to leadership. One reason that our PhD program focuses on core higher level thinking, along with advanced research and based in scholarly literature, is in hopes of preparing the cyber leaders for tomorrow.

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2 Responses to “Shortage of cyber experts?”

  1. Seo FL says:
    September 8th, 2009 at 6:35 pm

    Correct me if I am wrong, but aren’t cyber experts more of a combination of innate talent, intelligence, and dedication? Really hard to find such individuals.

  2. Ayauna Modlin says:
    November 12th, 2009 at 7:55 am

    Our country is filled with false anecdotes surrounding information security. Other countries have begun utilizing all technological resources to commit cyber attacks. I don’t understand why it takes us so long to train the professionals we currently have. In order for us to retain and preserve cyber experts, federal agencies and companies will have to train at a higher rate. No, that won’t prevent the attacks from happening but it will allow us to be prepared.

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