Author: Chris Kearns

Chris Kearns is Vice President of Enterprise Information Technology Solutions within Lockheed Martin’s Information Systems and Global Solutions, where he is responsible for leading the information technology business serving U.S. Department of Defense customers. These programs include the operation and cyber defense of critical national infrastructure, and the management of private data centers and high performance computing laboratories. In 2015, he was recognized as one of Federal Computing Week’s Top 100 Executives. 

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From the Fall 2015 Issue

SPECIALIZED TALENT: National Cyber Analyst Challenge Focuses on Recruiting University Students

Author(s):

Chris Kearns, Vice President of Enterprise IT Solutions, Lockheed Martin

Identifying, hiring and retaining cyber specialists is becoming increasingly competitive in today’s marketplace. Corporations, government, and other organizations are actively seeking skilled information technologists with cybersecurity specialties such as intelligence analysis and identification, forensics, and fusion. In fact, more than 26,980 cybersecurity-related positions were open in April 2015 on the popular job-seeking website SimplyHired.com. Those … Read more