Volunteer cybersecurity reserve workforces are growing in the face of infosec worker shortages, with US CyberCommand recently authorized in the 2024 NDAA to create its own civilian cybersecurity reserve corps.
The creation of civilian cyber reserves has gained traction over the past several years as US federal and state governments come up against the same constraints the private sector faces when recruiting and paying the high salaries of scarce cybersecurity talent.
