To kick off a month of cyber-security awareness, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced the department's new hiring authority for cyber-security experts and professionals. The new authority lets the DHS staff up to 1,000 positions over the next three years. The cyber-security roles will include cyber-risk and strategic analysis, cyber-incident response, vulnerability detection and assessment, intelligence and investigation, and network and systems engineering.
"This new authority will enable DHS to recruit the best cyber-analysts, developers and engineers in the world to serve their country by leading the nation's defenses against cyber-threats," said Napolitano.
