Pentagon to hire 3,000 hackers from civilians

YEREVAN, March 10. /ARKA/. The US military is looking to hire 3000 cyber security professionals over the next nine months in order to beef up resources at its Cyber Command armed forces infosec unit, itsecuritynews.info reported.

The command was established five years ago to centralise cyberspace operations, strengthen Defense cyberspace capabilities and bolster the military’s cyber expertise.

It also performs cyber attacks against adverseries as well as network defense operations, and has an annual budget of around US$509 million (A$661 million). The command's leaders recently successfully lobbied the US Government to rubber-stamp the hiring of 3000 new workers to its 1100-strong workforce, which five years on is still not fully staffed. –0--