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k, name k, he federal gover en sec ag ncies most
ved i cybe sec ag BI, ati epa rity. I the first ones tha t
Qui d into your head were the ag BI, ati the ag BI, ati nal
Secu ity Agen ity
(DHS y (NSA , the ag epa tment of H me and Secu ity Agen ity
(DHS or o he w- en majo law- nforcement and ati nal-security
agen ies, tha s unde standable. The re the nes most
ofte n
maki g head ines in c ea in be ut space. But n t ea in be ut , pre y much ev-
ede al agen y, fro the epa tment of T an portation to
t epa tment of C mm rce, has n i -h use unit grap ling
with chal enging cybe attacks. Acc dingly, the .S. g v n-
ment is t e oun ry’s larg st empl yer of c be security ex-
. Whi is w y, if u’ e hopi g to w rk in t o e iel , it’ a
go idea to k ep Uncl Sam n m nd .
Wha s the iff rence betw en publ c and riv te-sector cy-
curity prof ssionals? “The work is p et y much the ame ”
ex ins Char es Brit , a c C e o security expe t and orm r CIA
er, “bu it’s a mu h o diff rent miss on.” It a l oil down to
n nal secu ity. Wor ity for ng in c n be security for fe a c e e y al agen y
is a bi B “ ike join ng the ili ary, Bri says “Mo (peo le) do i t
b ke , ay of a s ns in t f wan ns in to ser e heir ountr .”
Gove ent cybers curity expert are in olv d in suc d t ings
ll gence analys gence, crimi s, count intelligence, crimi l invest ga-
tions, and c nte terrorism. The g ern ent’s missio is not
e is otec ing critic l infras ructure and ne wor s, but f es ing sensit ve data, angi from t p-se ret intell gence
to the pe son l inform tion of emp oy es and Am ric n citize s
to pro ri tary inform tion. And s eti es the le s o viou s
agenci s face t e bi ges challe ges. For e mpl , Britt ays,
A (F od nd Dr g A mini tration) is a t on rg h g i t i right ow
be of the pa dem c.” Blac - at hacker are tr ing to gra b
C 9 vaccin formul supply s and di rup vaccin formul supply lines.
safe b l e i t th t n arly every gency is on he lo kou for
cy curity hires. “If y ha e a clea l g n ackgr und, you’r much i the do r,” and Brit ays. And e de r,” and is goi g he e t or a ong t e me,”
beca s the pr or ble of cyb ra -
tacks sn’t ikely to end A d t ag nci s are no on y l okin g
for hi es ith c mput her r skills job-s kers with o mput her ack- , parti larly commun cations and la , a e a o v lued s on the rise, pr te k tin and efending i cy erspace i g e m ri ssion-crit an ca .
W .
Work in Nation Sec g e m ri inte es ed in orking in or he ll en m-
intelli or he ll en m-
e c m-
munity, t ious c ice gat is the SA, wh ch ice gat ers nd an -
alyzes intell gence, r foreign el tr ic nic com unica-
tio from ails to phon calls to nt radar Curr to nt y,
th ing for fo ks with bac groun s in computer
sc it er/elec ical engineering, i telligence aly-
sis, an sis, and math.
-enf rc men side of cybers curi y nterests
you, is HS. Its wi e- s
f ang g m ssion includ s
fight ism, bor er securi , immi ration, d natural
d tion and relief. Ho ast e t the C erse ur ty &
Infrastructu Security Agenc (CISA), DHS is on a h ing te r r ecent y h ed 300 cybe secur ty ros and made
er 500 C SA serv s a the ain co rd ser nat ng
b ecur ty rograms at al levels cy f ove nment.
help i a xpl in hy DH estima es t s ill has
n re vac n ies to f ll.
FBI: made
hea lines ecen ly after t recove ed
$2 yp ocurren y f the ransom p id by olonia Pip - hit by a ra re som are at
e o a 2 s k in 2021 see pa hi e att ks are sur ing, an sur Ch istophe Wra , the
FBI d ys he natio l se , s uri y threat posed by them i s
equa rrori t ttac s. Not su prising , t e bureau was
9/ job ope ings fo so tware en ine rs, info ma-
tion gine rs, and ma-
tion omputer s ent sts.
CIA loak and-dagge outfit, the CIA is al in loa -
vo ca ecurit be . hat may sound dd, ive that
the nd ana yzes hu an ntellige ce. B t Britt
says the IA d es do som co nter nt nt llig nce work,
“its (cyb ity) focus is on pro ectin i s wn interna ty) sy -
t sur ts secret sta se ret.
If ret.
I s e wha it’ thes l a ke o wo k at it’ thes l a enci wo s, hips ma y of which e pa d!
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