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Zach Tudor, who leads Idaho National Laboratory’s national and homeland security research programs, will receive the Career Achievement in Government Award at this weekend’s virtual Black Engineer of the Year (BEYA) Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Conference.
The event recognizes exceptional leaders whose actions have energized corporations and communities to create connections between minority students, educators and professionals in scientific fields. The conference is sponsored by the Career Communications Group, publisher of U.S. Black Engineer & Information Technology Magazine. It has taken place annually since 1986.
“Any time our land has made the call, we have stepped up,” said BEYA Chairman Tyrone Taborn. “This has been incredibly obvious during one of the most unprecedented global pandemics our soc
Is a Career in Cybersecurity for You?
The demand is much greater than the supply of job recruits. by Eric Holdeman / February 4, 2021
It was three to four years ago, but I recall that in the state of Idaho they had 1,400 open positions at one time for cybersecurity professionals.
The other thing I remember about who is a good fit for cybersecurity is people who are good thinkers, so don t confine yourself to thinking that you have to come out of the IT industry. I recall someone saying that philosophy majors are good candidates for working in the cybersecurity field. Maybe you can earn money with the liberal arts degree after all!
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Dec 21, 2020 | EDSCOOP
A cybersecurity education initiative led by Arizona State University will receive a digital update next month as its Cybersecurity Education Consortium attempts to entice elementary and middle school students into pursuing careers securing IT systems.
The consortium, which partners with local schools, community colleges and cybersecurity companies to bolster the cybersecurity workforce, announced earlier this month that its curriculum would be adapted for distance learning, a recognition of the wide adoption of hybrid teaching models during the pandemic.
“Cybersecurity is an expanding field that has a growing number of unfilled positions, so we want to get kids interested in the field and moving into the pipeline of degrees and out into the workforce,” Trista Zobitz, a project coordinator with the consortium, told ASU Now.