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DHS fails to hire needed cybersecurity professionals, new GAO report says

DHS fails to hire needed cybersecurity professionals, new GAO report says

by Rhytha Zahid Hejaze | Mar 8, 2018 | Cybersecurity, Featured, National Security, Technology

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security has failed to hire needed cybersecurity professionals even though it was given approval to do so by Congress in 2014, according to a report released March 8 by the Government Accountability Office. The GAO, which is the...

Cybersecurity could be tighter with private-sector support

by Ariel Rothfield | Feb 8, 2012 | Health & Science

WASHINGTON— Testifying before the House Communications and Technology Committee, Larry Clinton, president and CEO of Internet Alliance, called current government policies “outdated” and “ineffective” in dealing with relation to cybersecurity. “Understand that you are...

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