Walden calls skills-based hiring central to national cyber workforce strategy

Acting National Cyber Director Kemba Walden emphasized the need to implement skills-based hiring to enhance and diversify the cyber workforce at a think tank event that served as the launch for the national cyber workforce strategy.

“Communities currently underrepresented in the cyber workforce have not been empowered to join this vital and ever-evolving digital workforce -- or they simply have not always envisioned themselves holding jobs in cyber. That’s why this strategy focuses on enabling all Americans to pursue career...