Victor Hoskins

Victor Hoskins is the President & CEO of the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, which helps businesses start, expand or relocate in Fairfax County (Northern Virginia). Under Hoskins’ leadership, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Amazon Web Services, Volkswagen Group of America and the global law firm of King & Spalding have announced locations in Fairfax County. During his career, Hoskins’ work has resulted in almost 375,000 jobs, and he has led the teams that negotiated more than 700 major business deals resulting in billions of dollars in private investment.

Mission-critical: Northern Virginia sets out to solve the cybersecurity workforce shortage

Victor Hoskins

May 26, 2021

What the COVID-19 crisis is ultimately doing to the cybersecurity industry is shining a spotlight on the cybersecurity talent shortage. What is one of the only benefits of the critical issue, it's that it has allowed many in Northern Virginia to elevate and extend a slew of innovative measures that companies and region are implementing to combat the problem. As they set out to solve the industry talent shortage, Northern Virginia found the following strategies to be impactful steps in tandem toward a solution.

LIVE: July 8, 2026 at 2 pm EDT In this webinar, speakers will share key insights from the report, including why today’s threat environment demands greater maturity and how to evaluate your organization’s current security posture.

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Mission-critical: Northern Virginia sets out to solve the cybersecurity workforce shortage

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