EXCLUSIVE Q&A – White Home Nationwide Cyber Director Harry Coker, Jr. warned Sunday of a nationwide scarcity in cybersecurity expertise, issuing a plea for assist in filling practically 500,000 open positions in a vital area.
“The workforce is a major problem,” Coker advised The Cipher Transient’s 2024 Risk Convention. “We’ve got practically 500,000 open cyber jobs and it’s not as a result of we don’t have greater than 500,000 gifted individuals. We’ve got the expertise, so we are able to get there and we have to get there.”