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Trump Order Aims To Strengthen Federal, National Cyber Security Workforce

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, May 2nd, 2019

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Trump Order Aims To Strengthen Federal, National Cyber Security Workforce

President Donald Trump. (White House photo)

President Donald Trump on Thursday issued an executive order to strengthen the cyber security work forces of the federal government and the private sector and boost cyber education at the elementary and secondary education levels. The directive cobbles together ideas and legislation that have been circulating around Washington, D.C., for the past few years or more and would also create an annual federal cyber competition, the President’s Cup Cybersecurity Competition, for federal civilian and military employees, to reward the government’s…

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