The majority of U.S. government cybersecurity managers say it's "very challenging" to find skilled candidates, according to the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, or (ISC)2.

"In a survey of 175 U.S. government security managers (a group that was just part of a larger survey on cybersecurity careers), the (ISC)2, a non-profit that certifies information security professionals' skills, found that finding someone with the right skill sets and experience is the most difficult part of the process," writes InformationWeek's J. Nicholas Hoover.

"In particular, the survey found, the government is looking for cybersecurity pros skilled in certification and accreditation, security architecture and models, applications and system development security, and operations security," Hoover writes.

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