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Striving for Effective Cyber Workforce Development

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This paper reviews the issue of cyber awareness and identify efforts to combat this deficiency and concludes with strategies moving forward.
Publisher

Software Engineering Institute

Abstract

The United States is in a critical situation in terms of cyber preparedness. Cyber attacks and their
sophistication are growing exponentially, while the cyber workforce is striving to strengthen and sustain the talent needed to protect, detect, defend, and respond to these attacks. Effective cyber workforce development – increasing the number of qualified professionals in the field and having the right tools to advance their prowess in information security operations – is challenging...