Johnson: Recruit patriots to boost cybersecurity

Federal Times: A love of country should be the one characteristic the government focuses on to recruit cyber warriors, according to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson.

“We’ve got terrific career people, but I agree with what [Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del.] said, which is that we ought to appeal to people’s sense of patriotism,” he said. “[We can say], ‘Hey, how about spending a couple of years serving your country, working for the government in cybersecurity, which will better enable you to get that terrific job later on in the financial sector, in the private sector with some terrific cybersecurity firm in Silicon Valley.”

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