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The Cyber Defense Review

Cybersecurity for the Nation: Workforce Development

By Lieutenant Colonel Karen J. Dill | September 05, 2018

Cyberspace “is a domain characterized by the use of electronics and the electromagnetic spectrum to store, modify, and exchange data via networked systems and associated physical infrastructures.” [1] It is the newest military domain affecting the Operating Environment (OE) and the focus of concern by the President of the United States. In the Presidential Executive Order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure, President Trump directed the Department of Defense and other agencies across the whole of government to identify a long-term way ahead to address education and retention of cybersecurity professionals. [2] There are two potential programs Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN) Response Enterprise (CRE) [3] and the Civil Air Patrol (CAP), which could provide a framework that supports long-term education and retention of the US government cyber workforce.


Cybersecurity for the Nation: Workforce Development



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