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DHS Wants Ideas For 21st Century Cyber Security Workforce

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, May 8th, 2018

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After finding that the government’s traditional approaches to hiring and retaining personnel for cyber security needs are outdated, the Department of Homeland Security is seeking input on 21st century approaches to its human capital needs for the federal cyber security workforce.“To modernize the civil service for cybersecurity work, DHS has revisited some of the foundational theories and structures that underlie how the Federal Government has managed human capital for decades,” DHS says in a May 7 notice on the government’s…

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