Today's IT Security Team: Bouncer, Hairdresser and IT Administrator

Government Technology: Not enough IT candidates to fill your job openings roster? Try saying these four words: Keep an open mind.


That technique worked for Missouri’s Chief Information Security Officer Mike Roling, who hired three non-traditional job candidates in a three-year period when there weren't enough internal applicants to fill the posts. Roling has hired a former baker-by-day, bouncer-by-night to serve as an entry level IT Security Operations Center (SOC) analyst, as well as a former hairdresser and a former IT administrator to serve in similar positions.

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