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US Not Training Enough Cybersecurity Experts

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the just-pay-them-more dept.

graychase writes "Homeland Security's cybersecurity director, Richard Marshall, warns that universities aren't turning out enough cybersecurity experts and urges greater scholarship funding. 'Look at all the great football and basketball programs. They're all on scholarships. They're not playing for fun — they're playing for money.'"

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  1. Yeah, it's about the money by HockeyPuck · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Starting salary at IBM is about $50k.
    Additional Compensation:
    ---Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
    ---401k
    ---Options (maybe)
        Pre-requisites: Atleast 4 years of college, optional advanced degrees. Experience with security and engineering solutions.

    Starting Salary of Lebron James: ~$4m per year.
    Additional Compensation:
    ---$90m Nike Contract
          Pre-requisites: Ability to dribble and score with a basketball better than any other kid in high school.

    Which would you choose?

  2. It's hard to learn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    when the government and industry decide to move away from making systems and software increasingly more secure and instead focus on draconian laws with punitive sentences that start at a decade for benign acts regardless of intent or whether you informed the target of their weakness and how to correct it.

    Security through sentencing.