http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20101021_2534.php
I thought this job was the MILITARIES baby, now come to find out you can apply at USAJOBS website.
That special order for the enactment of military command in the US is smelling pretty ripe right now, especially with the needed tools of social networking. Wasn't it a given that they already used those tools, since they said they were?
Perhaps Janet Napolitano, the head of Homeland Security, could enlighten us a little more, since she is the one who issued it in such a sneaky kind of way so as to not produce any slack to place unneeded time delays on their mission.
Panelists said one challenge to building the workforce is the government's tedious hiring process. The USAJobs website is not user-friendly for candidates interested in federal positions, and the process needs to be modernized across the board, officials said. In addition, agencies must use tools like social networks and virtual job fairs that appeal to those looking for cyber-related positions.
"We've got huge interest, huge demand and federal practices that might need a little work," said Jim Lewis, director and senior fellow for the technology and public policy program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "We have created disincentives for recruitment and pulling them down is going to be really hard."
Training and certification also is a hurdle, panelists said. Individuals need access to multidisciplinary degrees and paths to a variety of cyber career fields with the potential to advance, but the pipeline isn't being built fast enough. Cybersecurity must be considered a profession and incorporate more data-driven decision-making, they said
