The Human Side of Cyber Conflict: Organizing, Training, and Equipping the Air Force Cyber Workforce

Abstract

The study surveyed technological trends that will affect the workforce. Cybera dynamic domain of warfarewill change. Personnel planners must not focus solely on accessing operators with knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA) to harness todays technology but also must consider future technologies when they forecast manpower requirements. Otherwise, we may be investing in skill sets needed in todays computing environment but perhaps not in the midterm as trends such as cloud computing begin more widespread adoption worldwide and the inevitable transition to Internet Protocol version6 (IPv6) commences in earnest. Our summary of conclusions for senior leaders is broken out along the lines of the organize, train, and equip construct.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1017510

Entities

People

  • John Ii P. Geis
  • Panayotis A. Yannakogeorgos

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Programming
  • Cyber Warfare
  • Cyberattacks
  • Cyberspace Operations
  • Doctrine
  • Employment
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Applications
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Network Protocols
  • Network Science
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Students

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Cyber