Alan Paller, director of the SANS (System Administration, Networking and Security) Institute, a security research organization in Bethesda, Md.

CNN: Survey: CIOs not worried about security

That institutional insecurity, says Alan Paller, researcher director of the SANS Institute, is the result of a private contractor system that actually rewards insecure coding.

FORBES: Study Confirms The Government Produces The Buggiest Software

"Every one of the faculty, every one of the undergraduates and every one of the graduate students is engaged in real-world exercises, " says Alan Paller, director of the SANS Institute, a cybersecurity training organization.

WSJ: NYC students, hackers train for cybersecurity jobs