http://gcn.com/articles/2010/11/17/cybersecurity-workforce-education-congress.aspx By William Jackson GCN.com Nov 17, 2010 Cybersecurity certification programs, universities and technical schools have failed to produce a professional workforce with the skills needed to protect our critical infrastructure, industry observers say, but they also are warning Congress against imposing federal regulations on the profession as industry and academia retool their training and educational programs. In a survey of 700 security professionals released today, nearly three-quarters of respondents agreed there is a shortage of IT security personnel in government, and most blamed the lack of a defined career path. Nearly half said that current information security certification programs, which are increasingly required in both government and the private sector, are inadequate and do not address the needed skills. The survey, conducted by the International Information System Security Certification Consortium, or ISC-Squared, does not identify a solution to the problem, but seven out of 10 respondents agreed that the answer was not a government-run board of examiners to oversee licensing of security professionals. A number of industry organizations have written to Congress to push this point of view. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/Received on Wed Nov 17 2010 - 22:03:13 PST
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