Suzette Kent

cyber workforce, CYBER Command, Cybersecurity policy, Concept of a cybersecurity security operations center (SOC).

‘We have to find talent’: Cyber leaders push for skills-based hiring

One advocate of skills-based hiring says employers need to stop looking for ‘unicorns’ and invest more in hands-on training to fill cyber skills gaps.

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FITARA 13 scorecard brings truce to data center consolidation debate

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(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)FILE - In this May 6, 2020, file photo, a sign stands outside the Department of Labor's headquarters in Washington. A government watchdog has found that the Labor Department’s widely watched weekly unemployment benefits data are providing an inaccurate reading on the number of newly laid off workers because of flaws in the government’s data collection. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Labor makes the case that its CIO reporting structure works despite the IG’s doubts

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(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)An American flag flies above the White House in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

White House names OPM’s Martorana as new Federal CIO

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Future of IT moderization: a conversation with Suzette Kent

This content is provided by the IBM Center for the Business  of Government. Mondays at 11:00 a.m. & Fridays at 1:00 p.m. The Business of Government…

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The crisis in cybersecurity skills

Phil Quade, chief information security officer for Fortinet, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech talk to discuss what the federal government…

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Former federal CIO Kent reflects on her tenure, accomplishments, biggest frustrations

Suzette Kent, who recently left after more than two years as the federal CIO, said lawmakers need to reconsider how they fund technology modernization efforts so they are not just a one-year effort.

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