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White House Releases First Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Strategy

Tuesday, July 12th, 2016

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White House Releases First Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Strategy

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The White House released its first Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Strategy on Tuesday as part of President Obama’s Cybersecurity National Action Plan (CNAP) and in response to the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) findings during the 2015 Cybersecurity Sprint (Defense Daily, Aug. 3, 2015).The workforce strategy was partially driven by the OMB’s findings that “the supply of cybersecurity talent to meet the increasing demand of the Federal Government is simply not sufficient,” the administration said in the introduction to the…

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