Internet Security Alliance produces analysis showing budget savings from cyber academy proposal

The Internet Security Alliance-Association of Governing Boards proposal for a virtual cyber academy that would feed trained cybersecurity professionals into the civilian side of the federal government would cost $1 billion a year to implement but would produce benefits and savings that more than offset the budget price tag, according to an ISA analysis.

“An analysis of the proposal to create a national, virtual, cybersecurity academy shows that creating the academy would not only solve the federal government’s cybersecurity workforce...