| | March 201819CIOReviewThe Postal Service's cybersecurity organization is committed to confronting the cyber talent shortage head-on. By defending against cyber intrusions, our cybersecurity organization protects over 600,000 dedicated career and non-career employees and every American who relies on the mail to ship important items, conduct business, and correspond with loved ones. To fulfill our mission, we need talented cyber professionals, no matter the global cyber talent shortage or the hiring challenges facing the public-sector. Over the past few years, the Postal Service took several actions to develop and grow its cybersecurity workforce. We implemented new talent acquisition strategies for attracting the most qualified candidates. We pursued motivated candidates who bought into our critical and indispensable mission. And we developed recruits with industry-leading cybersecurity training programs focused on tomorrow's­not yesterday's­cyber defense practices. While we have made significant progress combating the cyber talent shortage, more work needs to be done at the Postal Service and across the public sector to identify and properly develop cybersecurity talent. To overcome workforce hurdles, federal cybersecurity organizations should take CREATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR DEVELOPING THE PUBLIC SECTOR CYBERSECURITY WORKFORCECXO INSIGHTSBy Gregory Crabb, CISO, VP, United States Postal Service
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