ORGANIZING, TRAINING, AND RETAINING INTELLIGENCE PROFESSIONALS FOR CYBER OPERATIONS

Abstract

The U.S. Department of Defenses recent growth in cyber has outpaced the Air Forces ability to adequately organize, train and retain cyber expertise. This is especially true within Air Force intelligence, a critical component of the Departments Cyber Mission Force construct and a significant contributor to the national intelligence community. To regain and retain the competitive advantage in the cyberspace domain, the Air Force must develop training tailored to each specific intelligence specialty code working in or supporting cyber operations, it must examine its organizational construct splitting the cyber force between two Major Commands, it must consider re-specialization of the 14N career field and it must examine retention mechanisms and consider options such as establishment of a Warrant Officer career field to ensure long term retention of talent.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 13, 2016
Accession Number
AD1037660

Entities

People

  • Melissa A Stone

Organizations

  • Air War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Cyber Warfare
  • Cyberspace Operations
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Intelligence Collection
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Reconnaissance
  • Surveillance
  • United States
  • United States Strategic Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Economics
  • Naval Personnel Management

Technology Areas

  • Cyber