Cyber Workforce
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After a lackluster first year in its Cyber Direct Commissioning program, the Army is hoping a combination of higher pay and better marketing will let it attract more candidates from industry, academia.
August 06, 2018 -
The Trump administration plans to tackle the federal shortage of cybersecurity professionals include a new cybersecurity hiring system, a cybersecurity reservist program, and a plan to reskill current federal employees while improving the pipeline for new cyber talent.
June 21, 2018 -
Cyberspace has been defined as a ‘fifth domain’ of warfare alongside sea, air, land, and space. Like our physical reality, cyberspace is coupled with survival pitfalls and we’re learning how to better identify, manage, mitigate, and respond to them as our knowledge and experience evolves.
June 04, 2018 -
The House's version of the annual Defense policy bill would let the military onboard new officers with outside cyber expertise up to the rank of Army colonel or Navy captain.
May 22, 2018 -
The Homeland Security Department is finalizing regulations for a new personnel system for its cyber workforce, which would change the way it recruits, hires, pays and retains top talent.
March 08, 2018 -
A few months into the Army's pilot program to directly commission cyber officers, Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone says entry-level pay isn't cutting it.
March 06, 2018 -
The Marine Corps formally establish Cyberspace Occupational Field, including seven specific military cyber specialties.
March 06, 2018 -
The Army is beginning its first experiment in fast-tracking the officer accession pipeline for civilians with cyber skills. But it's proceeding cautiously: only five new officers per year.
December 12, 2017 -
The Defense Department is planning a three-phase rollout of a new personnel system for its cyber workforce.
November 07, 2017 -
HHS is trying to expand its search for a cyber workforce to directly target underrepresented demographics as it endeavors to fill the 30 percent vacancy rate in its cyber workforce.
August 23, 2017 -
Chief information security officers oversee a cybersecurity workforce that deals with everything from foreign hackers to disgruntled insiders.
August 22, 2017 -
Cybersecurity competitions are drawing more attention from and becoming more popular with federal agencies.
August 16, 2017 -
Federal efforts to develop a well-trained cybersecurity workforce are ramping up, due in large part to the edicts of President Donald Trump's cybersecurity executive order.
August 02, 2017 -
The Defense Department's acting chief information officer says final rules for the new Cyber Excepted Service should be in effect by July or August.
June 16, 2017 -
Now that it's Public Service Recognition Week, how about thanking the people in your agency or company that toil to keep your networks running and your data safe?
May 11, 2017