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Cybersecurity talent gap ‘mission critical’ for innovation sector, as feds move on national strategy
By Jolson Lim Sep. 10, 2018
Canada has ambitious plans to make the country's cybersecurity industry world-leading. But finding enough cyber talent, as is the case in many countries, is hard to do.
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, centre, pictured June 12 on the Hill, flanked by RCMP superintendent Jeff Adams, left, Parliamentary Secretary for Innovation David Lametti, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, and head of the new Canadian Centre for Cyber Security Scott Jones. Together they announced more details about the federal government's cybersecurity strategy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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