Support to the DoD cyber workforce zero-based review : developing a repeatable process for conducting ZBRs within DoD / Molly F. McIntosh, Sasha Romanosky, Thomas Deen, Samantha E. DiNicola, Christopher Ferris, Jonathan Fujiwara, Priya Gandhi, Henry Hargrove, Kirsten M. Keller, Maria C. Lytell, Mace Moesner IV, Isabelle Nazha, Zhan Okuda-Lim, Nina Ryan, Karen Schwindt, Amanda Wicker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McIntosh, Molly Fifer, 1979-

Romanosky, Sasha, author.

DiNicola, Samantha E., author.

Hargrove, Henry, author.

Keller, Kirsten M., author.

Lytell, Maria C., 1979- author.

Schwindt, Karen, author.

Wicker, Amanda, author.

Contributor:

United States. Department of Defense. Chief Information Officer

National Defense Research Institute (U.S.). Forces and Resources Policy Center

Rand Corporation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer security--Employees--United States.

Computer security.

Employee retention--United States.

Employee retention.

Cyberspace operations (Military science).

United States. Department of Defense--Civilian employees.

United States.

United States. Department of Defense--Personnel management.

Other Title:

Support to the DoD Cyber Workforce Zero-Based Review

Place of Publication:

RAND Corporation 2022

Summary:

Section 1652 of the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) tasks the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to perform a zero-based review (ZBR) - a detailed review rather than a simple comparison with previous size or budget - of its cybersecurity and information technology (IT) workforces. DoD engaged the RAND National Defense Research Institute to produce a process for validating and ensuring the consistency of data and analysis used for its ZBR. The authors organize the NDAA requirements into five themes: current workforce, current work performed, manning and capability gaps, potential barriers to efficiency and effectiveness, and potential future changes in work performed or requirements. Organizations across the four DoD services - the U.S. Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy - plus the Defense Information Systems Agency were selected to participate in the DoD cyber ZBR. Collectively, the participating organizations reported a total of almost 18,000 cybersecurity and IT personnel, 84 percent of whom are civilians and 16 percent of whom are military personnel. The authors use quantitative and qualitative research methods to analyze multiple data sources, such as DoD workforce data, subject-matter expert interviews with organizational leadership, a work analysis data call, a comparison of DoD and private sector cyber workforces, and a sample of cybersecurity and IT position descriptions. They present key findings, aggregated across the participating organizations and arranged by theme. The ZBR process described in this report constitutes a transparent, repeatable process with which DoD can conduct ZBRs across the DoD cyber enterprise.

Contents:

Methods and Data Sources

Findings Across All Selected Organizations

Discussion.

Notes:

Description based on electronic resource