As the Department of Homeland Security continues to reach out to the private sector to foster better sharing of cyberthreat intelligence, it’s also looking for help in meeting the high demand for cybersecurity talent.
One of the agency’s key objectives is to build a workforce that can meet the security challenges of the future, said Rick Driggers, deputy assistant secretary for cybersecurity and communications at DHS’s National Protection and Programs Directorate, said Thursday. He called on the private sector for help.
“How do we build a cyber workforce not for us to recruit against, but how do we build a cyber workforce as a national asset,” he said at the Cyber Threat Intelligence Forum presented by FireEye and produced by FedScoop and CyberScoop.
DHS has long advocated to share more threat-based information with a variety of industries as a way to strengthen current cyberdefenses. In addressing the global shortfall of cybersecurity talent in the public and private sectors, Driggers said the two should extend their partnerships to collaborate on better ways to stock a pipeline of skilled workers.
“Right now, we’ve got about…
