Uncle Sam Seeks 1K Cyber Experts

" This world cyber space. As world that we depend on every single day."

" The administration has labeled cyber security a top priority. That does mean jobs the Department of Homeland Security planning to hire up to 1000 new cyber experts in the next three years joining us now to discuss. Apparently it's hearing deputy under secretary bill writing her on mr. secretary great and you being here. Why -- now about what kind of the rats are growing threats are you seeing warrants -- opening new cyber security facility."

" While that threat to growing across the spectrum we're seeing have a sophisticated attackers getting better and better. And they're writing tools and developing mechanisms that -- label even the lower level hackers people we call script kiddies to get better. So we're seeing threats to government information systems of threats to private information systems and threats to individual and users. We really need to continue to up our game across the board to help keep our country's --"

" What kind of jobs are being offered up here how much the pay what you need to do we we gotta talk about jobs we need we need jobs in this country how many people are going to hire."

" Well we're very different people in different places in the department from investigators in the Secret Service to people who helped secure DHS systems that are CIO's office. And the parts of the department that work for me including national cyber security division. We're hiring people who help secure. Government systems that work with the private sector to secure their systems it's all sorts of jobs from people my computer scientists and engineers highly technical people. Program managers who know how to move things forward and get things done. Across the board."

" What kind of demand are you saying for the jobs that you currently hiring more and -- though the wage -- salary compare with what they might make -- the private sector. Well to some extent we're competing with the private sector."

" This is an area where we need to continue to grow the number of people we produce in our country to make sure we can stay competitive over the long term. Right now there's a large pool of people in government and industry that are competing for the same small instantly diminishing number of graduates who have."

" Highly technical skills and computer security."

" We need to continue to grow that and it's it's a rough competition because obviously no matter what government's not going to pay what the private sector does. What we tell people in last night that that I that's not true. Mean study after study -- government jobs pay more -- Well for the highly skilled people we're after people can could may and significance hours in the private sector. From some of the large players and we need top level people."

" So what we tell people is come on and a government."

" You'll have a great time here and you'll be given responsibility over above which you could -- in the private sector. And -- time you'll leave for the government will hire."

" How are you working in the government could you also worked at Microsoft how would you compare detail. You know I find that there are highly committed people patriots really in both government and industry that are."

" Deeply committed to helping raise the security of their nation weather in the private sector that public sector. If their differences between government and industry bodies we have more agility typically an industry."

" But you have commitment in both sides and."

" One of the great things about being in the government if you can always worry about doing the right thing you could always strive towards achieving the country's sense."

" They'll thank you for being here -- writing there is Aaron to a thousand people he's deputy Department of Homeland Security deputy undersecretary take care. They."