INCENTIVES:The defense ministry is to offer bonuses to personnel in accordance with their proficiency, with the highest bonus expected to be NT$50,000 per month

Taipei Times
Date: Sep 12, 2017
By: Lo Tien-pin and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer

The Ministry of National Defense (MND) is to recruit cybersecurity experts from the private sector by offering special bonuses to augment the nation’s cyberwarfare capabilities, the ministry’s budget plan for the fiscal year 2018 says.

Service members with an “expert” rating in IT proficiency will receive a monthly cyberwarfare duty bonus of NT$50,000, according to the plan.

Their post-bonus salaries could be as high as NT$100,000, equivalent to that of a major general or a rear admiral, the plan said.

The cyberwarfare bonus is different from the ordinary IT duty bonus, a ministry official said on condition of anonymity.

The ordinary IT duty bonus was approved by the Executive Yuan on June 27 and was implemented on July 1, the official said.    [FULL  STORY]