Perspectives in Talent Management Strategies for Cybersecurity Job Roles in Public Safety and Health in Government Organizations

Introduction

Technology is changing the nature of many industries. Consider how tremendous technological advances have changed the transportation of healthcare records, specifically through health information technology or health IT (McCoy & Perlis, 2018). As a result, public health-oriented agencies like the Center for Disease Control and National Institutes have new challenges concerning analysis and protections of sensitive data from cyberattacks; hence, cybersecurity has become extremely important. These organizations have sensitive public health-oriented missions and require information technology and cybersecurity expertise to carry out these missions effectively. The Center of Disease Control's (CDC, 2019) mission “is to collaborate to create the expertise, information, and tools that people and communities need to protect their health – through health promotion, prevention of disease, injury and disability, and preparedness for new health threats” (CDC, 2019). Table 1 displays the eight concepts that comprise the CDC's mission.

Evidence shows the CDC is a vital agency to the health and well-being of the American population and warrants competent personnel to handle such sensitive data. Consequently, human resource management factors such as “talent hunting, hiring of specialized personnel, employee training and motivation and execution of various policies” (Soomro, Shah, & Ahmed, 2016, p. 219) are a company's responsibility, so asserting that a more “holistic approach should be adopted” for talent management strategies. The preceding statement further corroborates with the CDC’s mission. “Each of CDC’s component organizations undertakes these activities in conducting its specific programs. The steps needed to accomplish this mission derive from scientific excellence, requiring well-trained public health practitioners and leaders dedicated to high standards of quality and ethical practice” (Centers for Disease Control, 2019).