The White House recently kicked off an initiative aimed at bulking up the nation’s cybersecurity workforce. And a boost is needed: An estimated 750,000 cybersecurity jobs in the U.S. are vacant, and demand for cybersecurity workers is expected to grow 35 percent from 2021 to 2031.
Jason Wise, chief editor of technology news website EarthWeb, said that with the National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy now in place, “the onus is on employers to seize the momentum.”
