As part of the White House reorganization plan, the Department of Homeland Security and the Office of Management and Budget have been tasked with creating a governmentwide approach for recruiting and retaining skilled cybersecurity personnel, to address the growing shortage of top cyber talent at federal agencies.
Currently, each agency is responsible for addressing its own cybersecurity challenges, which creates internal competition for talent.
Under the plan, the government would take stock of its entire cyber workforce by this fall, using a framework created by the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education. DHS would then work with agencies to assess their individual skill gaps and prioritize various hiring initiatives by the end of fiscal 2019.
