Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas encouraged attendees at the Black Hat cybersecurity conference to collaborate with the agency on defining the future of cybersecurity policy. “We need your creativity, your ideas, your boldness, and your willingness to push limits. We need you to help us navigate a path that has not yet been mapped,” Mayorkas said. “What’s at stake here is nothing less than the future of the internet, the future of our economic and national security, and the future of our country.” Mayorkas announced the impending launch of the Cyber Talent Management System, which will redefine hiring requirements for cybersecurity roles in the federal government and adjust pay rates to better fit the current workforce. He urged attendees to “lead the charge on the inside,” by joining the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and DHS. “This initiative…will give us more flexibility to hire the very best cyber […]
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