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The Partnership for Public Service recently launched the Cybersecurity Talent Initiative<\/a> to address an emerging crisis in our country: the shortage of well-trained cybersecurity professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The initiative is a first-of-its kind public-private partnership designed to reduce this talent gap. Participants work for two years at a federal agency before applying for full-time positions with the program\u2019s private sector partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The program is ideal for students pursuing undergraduate or graduate degrees in cybersecurity-related fields, such as computer science, engineering and information systems, and offers substantial student loan assistance. Overall, the initiative serves as a call to action for leading companies, federal agencies and higher education institutions to come together and develop the next generation of motivated, mission-driven cybersecurity leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we commemorate National Cybersecurity Awareness Month<\/a> amid a pandemic that has made us more reliant on digital technology, organizations across the U.S. need to prepare for and safeguard against cyber threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Including our federal government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Office of Personnel Management<\/a> reports that cybersecurity professionals accounted for just 5% of the federal government\u2019s 2.1 million full-time civilian employees as of December 2019[1]. In addition, a majority of those professionals are over 50 years old and nearing retirement, while only 12% of them are under the age of 35.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, recent data<\/a> shows an increasingly high demand for qualified cybersecurity professionals in the private sector, which listed nearly half a million job openings in the field between June 2019 and June 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe cyber world is the wild, wild west,\u201d former President Obama once said<\/a>, \u201cand to some degree [the federal government] is asked to be the sheriff.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This latest workforce data suggests that our sheriff needs a few more deputies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organizations in both the public and private sectors need highly skilled workers capable of handling complex cyber threats. The Cybersecurity Talent Initiative is a new and innovative program that will identify and train these employees, building a critical workforce that protects our country\u2019s digital infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about this program, its inaugural cohort of participants<\/a>, how to apply for the next cohort or how to become a corporate partner, visit cybertalentinitiative.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n[1] Defined as all employees in the 0854, 1550, and 2210 occupational series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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