DHS Wants To Hire 1,000 Cybersecurity Experts 222
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.
Well, I've already had my DHS background check... (Score:5, Funny)
Cool - how do I become a security expert? (Score:5, Funny)
Is there a major I can take in college?
Re:Equivalent of the TSA... (Score:5, Funny)
If they use old-school terminology, it could sound really odd to onlookers:
"Sir, please take your dongle out while we sniff your nodes."
Re:"World-class cyberorganization"? (Score:4, Funny)
This is great. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Equivalent of the TSA... (Score:5, Funny)
Sir, please take your floppy out while we unzip your tarballs.
Aww... come on... (Score:3, Funny)
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Re:Cool - how do I become a security expert? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Equivalent of the TSA... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Does this qualify? (Score:3, Funny)
Would knowing that there aren't a thousand experts out there make me an expert?
In my expert opinion, no.
Re:"World-class cyberorganization"? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Equivalent of the TSA... (Score:4, Funny)
Cringely points out, "There aren't one thousand civilian cybersecurity experts in the entire friggin' world!!!!,"
No matter. These guys will be the "cybersecurity" equivalent of the TSA goons at the airport, probably with a management culture even worse than those poor slobs have to live with.
I'm sure DeVry and U.o.Phoenix will be glad to pump out several thousand associate degrees in Cybersecurity Expertry or something in the next three years for them to sort through. That way DHS can say they interviewed thousands of candidates and only took "the best."
Cyber is a verb (Score:1, Funny)
The first thing I think about when I hear cyber is a verb. As in 'Want to cyber?'
It makes all these cyberorganizations sound interesting.
Re:Takes one to know one... (Score:3, Funny)
Someone that responds to the ad.