These initiatives will enable the Department to meet the cyber challenges of today and tomorrow. Further details on the initiatives
listed in Table 1 will be provided in the forthcoming implementation plan for this strategy.
Human Capital
Pillars
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Initiatives
Prescribe standards and assign responsibilities for the management of the DoD cyber workforce to include the identification,
tracking, qualification and reporting of the workforce through the DoD 8140 Policy Series.
✓ ✓ ✓
Code cyber workforce positions using the DoD Cyber Workforce Framework (DCWF).
✓ ✓
Establish a repeatable review process that will examine cyber workforce requirements and capabilities.
✓
✓
Seek additional authorities to extend and further refine the DoD CES and the Targeted Local Market Supplement (TLMS), helping
to provide incentives and flexible capabilities to recruit and retain employees for civilian cyber positions.
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Further develop and educate the cyber workforce on the current and future programs offered to help attract, retain and develop
the cyber workforce (e.g., DoD Cyber Workforce Rotational Program (CWRP), DoD Cyber Scholarship Program (CySP) and the
Cyber Information Technology Exchange Program (CITEP)).
✓ ✓ ✓
Integrate and further advance the data analytics capabilities across the Department to support senior level leadership during
crucial policy and program development. Continue building the Advana use case to help the DoD CIO evolve from a compliance
role to a center of excellence for enterprise-wide cyber workforce analytics that integrate with and inform risk assessments.
IDENTIFICATION
RECRUITMENT
DEVELOPMENT
RETENTION
Table 1 – Cyber Workforce Initiatives
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