Cyber Degrees, Certifications, and Workforce Optimization Insights

CERTS Workshop 2: CERTS Workshop 2: Cyber Degrees and Skills Certifications Cyber Degrees and Skills Certifications Chair: John Gilligan, Center for Internet Security (CIS)

Cyber Degrees and Skills Certifications: Sub Groups Cyber Degrees and Skills Certifications: Sub Groups 1. Degrees led by Tom Longstaff, Johns Hopkins University 2. Certifications Led by James Stanger, CompTIA 3. Beyond Certifications and Degrees Workforce Optimization (career learning strategy) Led by Brian Green, Learning Tree International

Subgroup 1: Degrees Subgroup 1: Degrees What are knowledge gaps and what do we need in the way of cyber education? Do degrees satisfy the knowledge gaps? Do degrees provide what is needed to perform on jobs? There are a range of curricula, what is needed and how do students know what they are getting?

Subgroup 2: Certifications Subgroup 2: Certifications What are the existing and possible roles for certification-based training? How do certifications help authoritatively teach the security skills needed today (and tomorrow)? What are the relative strengths and weaknesses of certification-based training? What are some key, hands-on, practical methods that we can adopt to teach people the most critical security skills? Quite a few training frameworks exist. How should we align job standards and competencies (identified knowledge and skills) with training and certification programs? There are a lot of certifications. Are they meeting the DoD needs? What are the best ways to teach different generational learners (e.g., boomers, X-ers, millennials), or even different types of learners?

Subgroup 3: Beyond Subgroup 3: Beyond degrees certifications certifications Workforce Optimization Workforce Optimization What are the biggest organizational impediments preventing sustainable professionalization of cybersecurity skills and skills application? Common Barriers: Current Change Management Practices, Existing HR Practices, Cultural impediments, Training Budgets, Vendor Management / Selection impediments, etc. What are the biggest personnel impediments preventing sustainable professionalization of cybersecurity skills and skills application? Common Barriers: Job Role Def., Competency Matrixes, Process ownership, Employee Engagement, Access to ongoing Professional Assessment & Development What are the biggest process impediments preventing sustainable professionalization of cybersecurity skills and skills application? Common Barriers: Outdated policies, Policy siloes, Departmental practices / methodologies, etc. What are the biggest technology impediments preventing sustainable professionalization of cybersecurity skills and skills application? Common Barriers: Existing tools, Technology integration, Insufficient Requirements Definition, etc. degrees and and

Workshop Groups Workshop Groups Subgroup #1 Subgroup #2 Subgroup #3 Atcorn, Philip Atkins, Adontis (USCYBER COM) Avodo, Patrice (Min of For Affairs) Barraclough, Brett (ManTec) Blake, Latasha Boatwright, Karrie (Dept Foreign Affairs) Bosse, Peter (335thSignal Command Bradshaw, Scott (SHINE Systems & Tech) Chavez, CW5 Abel, (US ARCYBER) Demele, Seydou (1stSIG BDE) Doran, John Mission Essential) Douglas, Billy Echols, Leslie (Aiken County Pub Schls) Fontana, John (Silotech Group, Inc) Frame, Ronald (CYBER COE) Guida, Patrick (Worchester Polytech In) Hahn, Martha (Signal School, Cyber COE) Hall, Tiffiany Aiken County Pub Schls) Hammett, James (SCARNG) Hobday, Jeff (Army Signal School) Hoffman, Peter (Georgia Southern University) Holloman, Kennisha ( Hullings, Dean (ForeScout Tech) Hynes, Cheryl (CIO/G-6 CS & IA Directorate) Kleinsmith, Erik (American Public U System) Laughaman, Martha (Cyberworks Academy) Lannox, Matthew Liles, sydney (US Army Corps of Engineers) Makowski, Stephane (Engility Corp) Mealer, Robin (Command Grouop CCOE) Michael, William, (ISS) Mottel, Kathy, Aiken County Pub Schools) O Steen, Lindern (Cyber Protection Brigade) Peel, Kevin (512thintelligence Squadron) Pitts, Terry, (Cyber COE) Price, William (CCOE/SOCOE) Pryor, Jack (Westway Dev Services) Rector, Kenneth Reynoso, Alberto Richter, Timothy (Broadleaf Inc) Roberts, Stephen (335thSIG CMD(T) Rodgers Gary (TCM Cyber/Cyber COE) Rodriguez, Jesus (USACPB) Rossman, Lydia (The Rossman Group LLC) Royal, Stephanie (CCOE g-3/5) Saturno, Ronnie, (USCG) Scheidt, Scott (GA Southern Appl Cyber ED) Selfe, Joshua (Ex Agent Cyber Training) Sidley, Keith (Cyber Battle Lab) Simmons, James (CDID TCM EW) Stallings, Howard (The Rossman Group LLC) Stargell, Jamie Sullivan, Ricardo (EA MC) Williams, Erica (Aiken County Pub Schools)

CERTS Workshop 2: CERTS Workshop 2: Cyber Degrees and Skills Certifications Cyber Degrees and Skills Certifications Chair: John Gilligan, Center for Internet Security (CIS) Workshop Out brief January 18, 2018

Group 2 Group 2 Co Co- - Chair: Tom Chair: Tom Longstaff Longstaff, , Johns Johns Hopkins Hopkins University University Subgroup 1: Degrees Xxx Xxx Xxx Xxx Xxx

Group 2 Group 2 Stanger, CompTIA Co Co- -Chair: James Chair: James Stanger, CompTIA Subgroup 2: Certifications Xxx Xxx Xxx Xxx Xxx

Group Group 3 3 Co Co- -Chair: Brian Chair: Brian Green, Learning Tree International Green, Learning Tree International Subgroup 3: Beyond degrees and certifications Xxx Xxx Xxx Xxx Xxx