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BOISE — Idaho plans to hire a new director of Information Security to help oversee cybersecurity at state agencies and address vulnerabilities to hacking or attacks. The creation of the new position, which would be part of the governor’s office, stems from the recommendations of the Cybersecurity Task Force and…

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Research suggests IT professionals with expertise in cyber security and big data could find themselves in high demand in 2017 Cyber security professionals can expect to find themselves in high demand during 2017, as research suggests individuals with those skills will be most highly sought after by IT recruiters. That’s…

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There is a well-publicized shortage of women in the IT industry but, in cybersecurity, it is even more pronounced. (ISC)2’s Global Information Security Workforce Study, the biggest of its kind, found that the world’s information security workforce is 90% male. The gender imbalance is a security problem too as 75%…

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Ilana Gutman “knew nothing about computers” three years ago when two soldiers visited her freshman high school class in Ashdod, a city in the south of Israel, and encouraged the students to apply for a high school cybersecurity training program. Now 17, Gutman is finishing her third year in the…

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