Clemson brings tech experts to Charleston to help build a cybersecurity workforce
Two Clemson technology experts are relocating to the Lowcountry from the Upstate public research university to help develop more cybersecurity talent in the Charleston area.
As the local tech scene matures and evolves, some have pointed to cybersecurity as a niche the industry would be wise to try to cultivate and help along. Across the country a shortage of a workforce in the specialty has been well-documented.
The research firm CyberSeek, for one, identified about 314,000 cybersecurity job openings in the U.S., and about 3,400 in South Carolina.