Experts say DoD cyber workers undertrained

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http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2013/02/dn-cyber-certification-021613/

By Zachary Fryer-Biggs
Staff writer
Marine Corps Times
Feb 16, 2013

WASHINGTON -- The Defense Department wants to hire thousands of new cyber 
experts to create a large force of skilled cyber warriors. But first, it has to 
address concerns about the experts the agency already has.

Many of those tasked with protecting networks - key cogs in the U.S. national 
security infrastructure - are undertrained and unqualified, creating dangerous 
vulnerabilities, experts both in and out of government are saying.

Agency officials said they were aware of the concerns and are rewriting all 
policy related to qualifications and certifications to make sure that the 
impending boom in cyber hiring puts capable experts in critical positions.

The concerns center on a series of requirements, many of which were put in 
place in August 2004 under DoD Directive 8570. The directive mandates that 
information assurance (IA) experts - those in a variety of primarily cyber 
defense positions - receive specific certifications. Those certifications, 
created by organizations outside DoD, are coming under fire as failing to test 
the capability of defenders.

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