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Proven Strategies to Fix This Cybersecurity

Shortage

Cyber Leader and Former Marine breaks down how we can recruit and train new cyber talent for
this growing tech labor shortage

By Chris Starling, Assistant Vice President, NPower Skillbridge

Over the summer, the House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee brought in national tech
leaders to testify about the shortage of cybersecurity talent and how it has a direct impact on our national
security. Congress wanted to learn what we could do as a country to confront this cybersecurity shortage
we currently face.

Shortages in our cyber workforce are already leading to security vulnerabilities, productivity losses, and
compliance failures. And it will inevitably impact everyone’s bottom line. We can’t wait six years to train
the next generation of cyber security analysts. We need to confront this cyber war today.

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