The head of the Defense Digital Service sees opportunities to bolster the military's cybersecurity workforce at the annual hacker conference in Las Vegas.

Catch Talent, Comtech LLC, Foxhound Federal, PrishanTek Inc, and TeraSense Inc. were awarded the contract earlier this month.

Lynch will be succeeded by Brett Goldstein, a Navy adviser whom acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan recruited to report directly to him.

The Pentagon wants its SABER.

The Defense Digital Service issued a request for information this week looking to create a "Civilian Hiring as a Service Pilot Program" for recruiting.

DDS and HackerOne leaders say the challenge was noteworthy for its inclusivity and for the types of assets security researchers were invited to test.