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…
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…
Cybersecurity employers in Colorado Springs have at least 450 openings they are trying to fill, and that number probably will climb in coming months and years in the fast-growing industry, a local economist said Thursday. That’s before the industry growth that is forecast to be generated by the opening of…
The demand for cybersecurity jobs in Frederick County is expected to increase by almost 50 percent in the next few years, following the statewide trend in an industry that has more demand for workers than are currently available in the workforce. Cybersecurity is the protection of networks, computers, programs and…
China needs more cyber security specialists, according to a national cyber security awareness event held Monday in Wuhan, capital of the central province of Hubei. Sources with the activity, which was sponsored by the China Cyberspace Administration, said that China currently needs 700,000 cyber security specialists, which may rise to…
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%…
The federal government wants to hire 3,500 cybersecurity professionals by January 2017. Given there aren’t enough qualified professionals to fill the current open positions, that’s a tall order The US federal government has spent 2016 investing a lot of money in cybersecurity, and expects to spend even more next year….
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…
A container city sprang up in the middle of Calais’s jungle in January. Better than the flimsy tents they replaced, these metal boxes with their bunk beds are home for 1400 migrants. It is a warm spot in their long journey into exile. “Inside this camp, it is safe. But…
