American federal investigators are having a hard time hiring computer-savvy staff, according to a memo from the Inspector General for the US Department of Justice.
"Even as it works to expand the ranks of its cybersecurity team, the department continues to face challenges recruiting and retaining highly qualified candidates to do this work," the memo [PDF] states.
Last year the FBI got the authorization and budget to hire 134 computer scientists for online investigations. We're told the agency could only find 82 people interested in working for Uncle Sam. As a result, five of the FBI's regional 56 Cyber Task Force teams don't have a computer specialist on hand.
Why are they having so much trouble?
(Score: 2) by Subsentient on Thursday November 19 2015, @10:09PM
NSA especially. I have ethics, and I don't plan on selling them, much less for a stressful job of stripping freedom from the citizens.
FBI I could do, perhaps. Catching the real criminals, solving murders, that kind of thing I wouldn't feel bad for. Then again, nowadays, they're getting pretty shady too.
"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." -Jiddu Krishnamurti
(Score: 2) by Anal Pumpernickel on Thursday November 19 2015, @11:29PM
They always were shady.