4.01.2013

Huffington Post Popular News: Military Veterans Wanted As Hackers In Cyberwar

LINCROFT, N.J. -- In 2005, Kevin Jorge dodged mortar attacks on a military base in Afghanistan. Today, Jorge, a National Guardsman with an IT background, wants to serve on the front lines of a new kind of war -- one being fought with bytes instead of bombs.


Jorge's skills are in high demand. Faced with a shortage of experts to defend the country from online attacks, the government is looking to fill the void by recruiting job-seekers accustomed to physical warfare: returning military veterans.


In January, the Pentagon announced plans to recruit 4,000 more cyber personnel for what Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has called "the battlefield of the future."




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