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title: Millennials are Being Drawn to Cyber Careers after U.S. Presidential Hacks
description: Perhaps young adults can help bridge the huge talent gap in cybersecurity, as interest in cyber careers peaks.
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# [Millennials are Being Drawn to Cyber Careers after U.S. Presidential Hacks](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/millennials-are-being-drawn-to-cyber-careers-after-u.s.-presidential-hacks)

 Written by [SecureWorld News Team](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/author/secureworld-news-team) | Fri | Oct 14, 2016 | 7:00 AM Z

Perhaps young adults can help bridge the huge talent gap in cybersecurity, as interest in cyber careers peaks.

[Infosecurity Magazine Explains:](http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/us-election-hacks-and-attacks/)

> According to [a survey](http://www.raytheoncyber.com/TalentGap) commissioned by Raytheon and the National Cyber Security Alliance, the number of US millennials who say they have read or heard a news account of cyberattacks within the last year nearly doubled from 36% in 2015 to 64% in 2016. And in tandem with that, 34% of them are more likely than a year ago to consider a career to make the Internet safer, compared to 26% a year ago.
> 
> Millennials are also paying attention to cybersecurity as a campaign issue. About half (53%) of young adults in the US say a political candidate's position on cybersecurity impacts their level of support for that candidate, including 60% of men and 47% of women. Also, 50% of them don't think cybersecurity has been a big enough part of the discussion leading up to the presidential election.
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> "Millennials see hacktivists [breaking into computer systems](http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/hackers-deface-clinton-wikipedia/) and threatening our economy," said Dave Wajsgras, president of [Raytheon](http://www.raytheon.com/)'s Intelligence, Information and Services business. "If we can show young men and women a clear path to careers in cybersecurity, we can make real progress in eliminating the serious cyber-talent shortage and making our country more secure."

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