INTRODUCTION “ To recruit and retain the most talented workforce, we must advance our institutional culture and reform the way we do business. The Department must attract, train and promote a workforce with the skills and abilities to tackle national security challenges, creatively and capably, in a complex global environment. ” — Mr. Lloyd Austin, III, Secretary of Defense A s the principal staff assistant and senior information technology advisor to the Secretary of Defense, the DoD CIO oversees national security and defense business systems, manages information resources and finds efficiencies. The DoD CIO develops tools, resources and programs for the governance, recruitment, retention and professional development of the DoD cyber workforce. The DoD CIO developed this strategy to provide focus to cyber-related human capital initiatives in support of the 2022 National Defense Strategy that states the Department must “Cultivate the Workforce We Need.” However, we believe the Department must also consider the future and lay the ground work to “Build the Workforce We Anticipate.” This strategy identifies the need for a cultural shift to reform the management of the Department’s most valuable asset: its people. 5