http://www.networkworld.com/article/2364271/security0/h4ckers-wanted-report-nsa-not-having-trouble-filing-cybersecurity-jobs.html By Ellen Messmer NetworkWorld June 18, 2014 While there’s a notion that a dearth of cybersecurity professionals the shortage is most acute at the “high end” where $250,000 salaries are not uncommon for those who combine technical and managerial skills. That’s according to the RAND Corp. report today on the topic, which also looked at how well the National Security Agency and other military-focused agencies were recruiting cybersecurity pros. The ‘H4CKERS WANTED” report from RAND, the non-profit policy think tank funded by the U.S. government and private endowment, looked at whether cybersecurity jobs are going unfilled, especially in the federal government, and if so, why. Co-authored by Martin Libicki, David Sentry and Julia Pollak, the RAND report reaches the conclusion that in the spectrum of the tasks that cybersecurity professionals might do, two types stand out as hard to find and recruit. In addition to the managerial job often thought of as the “chief information security officer” these days, it’s also the talented geeky few who can figure out that highly stealthy attacks are occurring or who can find “the hidden vulnerabilities in software and systems that allow advanced persistent threats to take hold of targeted systems.” Demand for cybersecurity skills in general began rising within the last five years, the report says, not because hackers are attacking networks more but because the defenders of those networks are far more aware of the hackers and are eager to employ someone who can set up ways to detect and stop them. In addition, the rise of state-sponsored stealthy cyber-espionage—and in some cases, even hard-hitting attacks suggestive of cyberwar
