Feds relying on personal appeal to attract cyber workforce

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The federal government is relying on the power of its personal appeal to win cybersecurity experts over from high paying private sector jobs, a Pentagon official said on Thursday.

“There’s one thing that the Defense Department, the intelligence community, the other areas of our government can pull on, and that’s the mission,” said Aaron Hughes, deputy assistant defense secretary for cyber policy, at an event sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor.

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