One of the most popular news items we covered today recently is a new report on the shortage of information security pros in government. (PDF here, summary here.) I read the report, then went to the US Government jobs site to see what they had posted.

Turns out, the US Navy has lots of information security positions posted for the Seattle area, where T2P is based, and each ad has desperation written right into it:

"This notice is issued under the direct-hire authority to recruit new talent to occupations for which Department of the Navy has a severe shortage of candidates or a critical hiring need."

So, that should get things rolling.

Or not. Click the "to apply" link, and you get this:

This is, of course, a shining example of how bad security management stymies good security management.

You can ignore the SSL warnings and proceed to the Navy's jobs site. If you do,you should be disqualified from any security job there.