# America faces a cybersecurity skills crisis: Microsoft launches national campaign to help community colleges expand the cybersecurity workforce

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/america-faces-a-cybersecurity-skills-crisis-microsoft-launches-national-campaign-to-help-community-colleges-expand-the-cybersecurity-workforce/
- Published: 2021-11-11T09:45:34-06:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Photo: PeopleImages via iStock by Getty Images. Article by Brad Smith. Official Microsoft Blog – October 28, 2021. The last year has brought unrelenting headlines about cybersecurity attacks. Foreign governments have tampered with the software supply chain, targeted on-premise servers, and hacked into sensitive government files. Criminal ransomware groups have attacked schools, penetrated hospitals and shut down a critical national pipeline. As we documented in the recent […] Click here to view original web page at blogs.microsoft.com