http://www.esecurityplanet.com/features/article.php/3872626/US-Faces-Cyber-Security-Gap-Without-Training-Education.htm By Kenneth Corbin eSecurity Planet March 24, 2010 WASHINGTON -- As discussions about the federal approach to cyber security continue to percolate across the highest levels of government, one of the most important steps policymakers can take is to nourish the education and training of a new crop of security experts, a senior administration official said here at the FOSE government IT show. Working in concert with the government, the private sector has made significant strides in improving software security and ferreting out vulnerabilities in the supply chain, but the flow of cyber security experts graduating from the nation's universities with advanced degrees remains anemic, according to Richard Marshall, the director of global cyber security management at the Department of Homeland Security. "No matter how successful we are in those two elements, we are going to fail if we don't invest more money, time, attention and rewards to educate the workforce," Marshall said. "That's our legacy-to-be." DHS and the National Security Agency (NSA) jointly sponsor the Centers for Academic Excellence, a consortium of universities that focus on advanced information security education. While participation in the program has snowballed, federal funding for scholarships has not kept pace. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2010 - Dubai, the premier deep-knowledge network security event in the GCC, featuring keynote speakers John Viega and Matt Watchinski! http://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2010dxb/Received on Thu Mar 25 2010 - 23:04:05 PDT
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