PURPOSE T here is a need to further the development and sustainment of the cyber workforce required to maintain a U.S. advantage in a contested and rapidly evolving cyberspace. To meet this requirement, the 2023–2027 DoD Cyber Workforce Strategy takes a proactive approach in setting unifying direction and guidance for the Department to foster a cyber workforce that will be ready to execute cyber missions. This strategy will underpin Department efforts to: • Close workforce management gaps (e.g., limited developmental positions and training opportunities). • Resource workforce management and development initiatives in accordance with updated capability planning guidance. • Stay at the forefront of technological advances (e.g., AI, cloud, cyber, data, secure software development, embedded systems, quantum computing, advanced cryptography and zero-trust). • Securely and rapidly deliver resilient systems. • Transform into a data-centric organization with optimized data analytics to build cyber workforce requirements and proactively address the cyber workforce at the speed and scale for operational advantage. The Department strives to be an “employer of choice” among cyber professionals and works to attract the best cyber warriors, given our unique and important mission set. Now more than ever, it is essential that we expand our cyber workforce with diverse roles and develop talent to securely build, operate and maintain our digital and critical infrastructures and protect and defend our data against cyber adversaries at home and abroad. As the DoD looks to the future, this strategy lays the foundation for how the Department will establish the direction and supporting mechanisms for the unified management of different communities and workforce types that 10