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Building the best offensive and defensive cyber workforce. Volume I, Improving U.S. Air Force training and development / Chaitra M. Hardison, Julia Whitaker, Danielle Bean, Ivica Pavisic, Jenna W. Kramer, Brandon Crosby, Leslie Adrienne Payne, Ryan Haberman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hardison, Chaitra M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Air Force--Airmen--Recruiting, enlistment, etc--Evaluation.
- United States.
- United States. Air Force--Airmen--Training of--Evaluation.
- United States. Air Force--Civilian employees--Recruiting, enlistment, etc--Evaluation.
- United States. Air Force--Civilian employees--Training of--Evaluation.
- United States. Air Force--Occupational specialties.
- United States. Air Force--Personnel management--Evaluation.
- United States. Air Force.
- Personnel management.
- Evaluation.
- Airmen.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 123 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2021.
- Summary:
- The U.S. military's success in cyberwarfare depends on the capabilities of the cyber personnel who are brought to the fight. Because cyberwarfare is considered a core element of the U.S. Air Force (USAF) mission, USAF has been looking for ways to revamp the training of its offensive and defensive cyberwarfare workforce to develop the best fighting force possible. USAF has also sought to better understand some of the drivers that attract and retain personnel in the cyber field. To this end, researchers at the RAND Corporation conducted 30 focus groups and interviews to collect the viewpoints of enlisted and civilian cyber personnel on training, recruiting, and retention in the cyber field. The researchers also spoke with subject-matter experts at several USAF bases. The authors summarize cyber personnel's insights in two volumes of this report: Volume I presents findings related to training, and Volume II presents findings related to recruiting and retention.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Participants Report that Training Needs to Change
- Training Content and Methods
- Timely Access to Training and the Currency of Training Resources
- Appropriateness and Length of the Training Pipeline
- Training Ownership and Utilization of Personnel
- Other Suggestions for Improvement
- Recommended Next Steps
- Appendix A: Additional Information About the Focus Groups and the Questionnaire
- Appendix B: Questionnaire Write-In Responses About Ways to Improve Training
- Appendix C: Other Comments from the Focus Group Discussions and the Questionnaire
- Appendix D: Focus Group Results, by Specialty
- Appendix E: Insights from Cyber Training Stakeholders and Subject-Matter Experts
- Appendix F: Examples of How Training Does Not Adequately Prepare Personnel for Their Unit Assignments
- Appendix G: 1B4 and 1N4A Training Courses, Their Owners, and Their Locations in the Training Pipeline.
- Notes:
- Title from PDF document (title page; viewed September 28, 2021).
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-123).
- Desciption based on electronic resource.
- See also RAND/RR-A1056-2.
- ISBN:
- 1977407854
- 9781977407856
- OCLC:
- 1272913617
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