There’s a dogfight among the biggest U.S.-based military contractors as they battle over young hacker talent to win the billions of dollars starting to spill out of the Pentagon following the recent announcement that the U.S. military has established a unique command for cyberwarfare.
Such giants as Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon are hiring Red Bull-fueled geeks to work on cybersecurity contracts and R&D just as these contractors are gaining ground with big price tag physical security projects for the military and governments. The Pentagon already has several thousand people assigned to cybersecurity protection, countermeasures and proactive warfare strategies.