Tech sector group makes pitches on cybersecurity workforce, IoT security

LAS VEGAS -- Todd Thibodeaux, president and CEO of the tech trade group CompTIA, has an urgent message for career-seeking young people -- please consider a career in cybersecurity -- and an equally urgent message for lawmakers: Pass bills that give the IT industry the tools to train and hire new workers.

Thibodeaux, who spoke with Inside Cybersecurity at the Black Hat conference here, is spearheading tech-sector efforts to fill millions of information technology and cybersecurity jobs over the next...