Service for America, a program developed alongside the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Personnel Management, is a recruitment and hiring push that will help connect Americans with available jobs in cybersecurity, technology, and artificial intelligence. The White House Office of the National Cyber Director launched a program to help fill the gap of about 500,000 available cybersecurity jobs across the country.

The program’s major emphasis is to reach job candidates without traditional qualifications, such as computer science or engineering backgrounds. Federal initiatives are also underway to support neurodivergent candidates and those who are blind and visually impaired. Earlier this year, the administration announced a $244 million investment for cybersecurity recruitment drives. Professionals are being tapped from diverse industries to fill positions in the cybersecurity world as they bring in fresh perspectives and organizations reap the benefit of infusing nontraditional thought processes and experience into the industry. Read more about this story on our LinkedIn page