‘We have to counterbalance that cliche view that working in cyber means you are in your hoodie in the basement”

There’s something about being in demand that makes you feel warm inside. So, if you are in cybersecurity, you should have something of a spring in your step. As anyone in the industry knows, the cybersecurity talent gap in the US is growing. For example, the latest data available on the CyberSeek website shows that in the public sector alone there were over 45,000 online job listings for cybersecurity-related positions between January and December 2022

So, what is to be done? In this episode of Reimagining Cyber Rob and Stan look at one of the ways the U.S. government is dealing with the issue. The National Science Foundation's CyberCorps Scholarship for Service Program is “unique program designed to recruit and train the next generation of information technology professionals, industrial control system security professionals, and security managers to meet the needs of the cybersecurity mission for Federal, State, local, and tribal governments.”

Rob and Stan talk to Dr Victor Piotrowski, the lead programme director about the ins and outs of the program, its growing success, and the hurdles the program has overcome and still faces.

Links:
CyberCorps Scholarship for Service
sfs.opm.gov/
CyberSeek data:
www.cyberseek.org/heatmap.html
2021 SFS Biennial Report:
2021 SFS Biennial Report (nsf.gov)
How to get the federal government to pay for your cybersecurity degree:
How to get the federal government to pay for your cybersecurity degree | Fortune

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