
Cybersecurity Starts in High School with Tomorrow’s Hires By Sandrine Rastello & Jeanna Smialek | Article Courtesy of: Bloomberg Sean Gallup/Getty Images Security breaches experienced by institutions ranging from Facebook Inc. to the Federal Reserve are spurring spending on cybersecurity. Five dozen teenagers hunched over computers in a hotel conference room near Washington, decrypting codes, cleaning malware and fending off network intrusions to score points in the finals of a national cybersecurity contest. A participant in last year’s CyberPatriot contest earned certifications and went from high-school to a job paying $62,000 said Bernie Skoch, the commissioner for the … [Read more...]