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US Govt Just Can't Hire Enough Cyber-Sherlocks
American federal investigators are having a hard time hiring computer-savvy staff [theregister.co.uk], 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?
I dote on his very absence.
-- William Shakespeare, "The Merchant of Venice"
