ISA’s Clinton urges lawmakers to expand scope of cyber academy proposal in defense policy bill

Lawmakers have taken a first step toward using the lever of free tuition to address the cybersecurity workforce shortage, says Internet Security Alliance president Larry Clinton, and should now move to ensure the benefits flow beyond the Defense Department to civilian federal agencies as well as to state and local governments.

“It is critical that we finally recognize that we need to address the workforce issue at scale,” Clinton told Inside Cybersecurity, citing 700,000 vacant positions nationally and a 15...