Musicians May Be The Key To The Cybersecurity Talent Shortage

Companies scrambling to find cybersecurity talent may want to look toward more creative candidates.

Companies scrambling to find cybersecurity talent may want to look toward more creative candidates.

In his mid-20s, Tom Donahue was faced with a choice. He had a steady job in software consulting. But he was also a gigging musician. It was the mid-'90s—the computer space was burgeoning at the time as more people began to connect their machines to networks. So Donahue would work his nine-to-five consulting job, then drive over an hour to some Colorado bar in the Rocky Mountains, play until 1 a.m., drive home to nap a few hours, and go to work again. The music gigs were steady enough, but so were the computer ones. One year he found himself playing music for 50 weeks, yet neither opportunity was drying up.

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