“The newly released Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Strategy was characterized as a first step toward building a sustainable pipeline of government and industry data security talent that will last well into the future. It also ‘sets forth a vision where private sector cybersecurity leaders would see a tour of duty in federal service as an essential stop in their career arc,’ according to the post. 

One of the short-term actions calls for agencies to hire 3,500 more people to fill ‘critical cybersecurity and IT positions’ by January 2017.”

Source: White House Wants 3,500 ‘Critical’ New Cyber Jobs Filled In 5 Months – Defense One