Bill aims to help Department of Homeland Security recruit and retain cybersecurity professionals. DHS has struggled to recruit qualified cybersecurity personnel to address the 21st century threats the government faces. The bill’s sponsor, Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., says DHS has had difficulty attracting the best and brightest and retaining those already in service. A year ago, the Government Accountability Office issued a report that showed DHS’s National Protection and Programs Directorate’s Office of Cybersecurity and Communications, which houses much of the department’s cybersecurity personnel, had a vacancy rate of 22 percent.”]
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