Pentagon Security: Combating the Cybersecurity Skills Shortage

Published

2019-01-29 00:00

Collected

2026-07-04 06:09

---
id: 2266
title: "Pentagon Security: Combating the Cybersecurity Skills Shortage"
source_domain: bugcrowd.com
source_url: "https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/pentagon-security-combating-the-cybersecurity-skills-shortage/"
published_at: "2019-01-29T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["bug-bounty", "defense", "bugcrowd", "crowdsourced-security", "government", "dod", "pentagon", "skills-shortage", "cybersecurity-skills-shortage"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/2266"
lang: en
---

# Pentagon Security: Combating the Cybersecurity Skills Shortage

## Summary

A Pentagon report finds cyber testing handicapped by a lack of expertise amid a projected 3.5 million unfilled security jobs by 2021, underscoring the DoD's move to expand crowdsourced security.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bugcrowd.com
- **Published:** 2019-01-29T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/pentagon-security-combating-the-cybersecurity-skills-shortage/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/2266