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IBM is leading an industrywide effort to close the IT skills gap by hiring new collar professionals who lack formal degrees but possess requisite skills.
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Jumping from the military or intelligence community to private sector cybersecurity firms is a career track everyone knows about but surprisingly few have actually done. Low morale at places like the National Security Agency and high salaries outside of government drive personnel away from Washington D.C. and into the waiting arms of Silicon Valley. But it’s not always a simple jump, especially for military veterans trying to find their way into the booming industry. Coming from a world that’s often indecipherable to civilians, veterans face a mountain of challenges entering the cybersecurity workforce despite over one million vacant cybersecurity jobs existing as of 2015, a number that illustrates an industry begging for new talent. In the U.S. military, career progression doesn’t require the certifications and academic degrees that are highly valued in the private sector. There is often no clear cybersecurity career path available when serving. Companies like Cyber Warrior Network, […]
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