NSA director makes recruiting pitch, seeks diverse workforce
"If you're interested in the opportunity to make a difference in defending your nation, if you're interested in the opportunity to work with a bunch of motivated men and women, fellow workers at the
Rogers also is scheduled to speak Friday in Auburn, starting at
Thirty-five years ago as a business major, Rogers figured he was going to end up negotiating labor contracts. "I had no clue that the journey was going to take me where I wound up," he said.
But working in cybersecurity doesn't require a computer science degree, he insisted. In fact, Rogers seeks a workforce diverse in background and training.
"We need, as a nation, men and women who are going to roll up their sleeves and address something as complicated as cybersecurity," he said, "because, let me tell you, it's not an easy challenge."
Whether the cybersecurity issue is public or private, domestic or foreign, Rogers said, "it is a scenario that, quite frankly, gets tougher and tougher every day."
Hackers are getting better, and most computer networks weren't envisioned to defend such attacks, Rogers said, "but that's the world we find ourselves in." Most computer networks were designed to be cheap and efficient, while defensibility, redundancy and resiliency weren't considered essential, he said.
Rogers, however, said he is optimistic about the ability of the
"When I look around the nation and I see what young men and women like yourselves are capable of doing, I am confident about our future," he told the CSU students, "even as I acknowledge we've got a long way to get there."
The
-- Defend computer networks, platforms and data for the
-- Defend critical infrastructure, such as power, aviation and finance, including 16 segments of the private sector considered integral to the nation's security.
-- Generate offensive cyber capability for the
The
-- Collect information to conduct foreign intelligence missions. "We don't do domestic collection," he said. "That's illegal for us. The FBI works that issue."
-- Develop cryptographic standards for all government and military classified systems to provide information assurance and computer network defense.
Increasingly, he said,
"I never thought this would happen," Rogers said of
Rogers' visit to CSU is part of the
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