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DHS Wants To Hire 1,000 Cybersecurity Experts

Posted by kdawson on from the even-one-would-be-nice-if-you'd-listen-to-him dept.

Cyrus writes "DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano plans to hire 1,000 security experts over the next three years. 'Department officials could not say precisely how many cyberexperts now work at DHS and its various component agencies such as the Secret Service and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Napolitano said she doubts it will be necessary to fill all 1,000 of the authorized positions, but she is focused on making DHS a "world-class cyberorganization."'" Cringely points out, "There aren't one thousand civilian cybersecurity experts in the entire friggin' world!!!!," except he uses all caps and bold.

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  1. Re:Cool - how do I become a security expert? by dontmakemethink · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is there a major I can take in college?

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  2. One area: Prison population. by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    "The US government does have issues with corruption, but it's not any worse that most places."

    I guess that you are not someone who reads books. I suggest that anyone who loves the U.S. do some serious research.

    The U.S. has more people in prison than farmers. The U.S. has 6 times the percentage of its citizens in prison as European countries.

    In the U.S., prisons are a big business.

    Those who are not willing to do research cannot say they love the United States. Can you say you love a woman if you aren't interested in anything about her? Can you say you love a woman if you don't want to know anything about her that you don't like? Can you say you love a woman if you live in a fantasy world about who she really is?