Retaining the Army's Cyber Expertise

Abstract

This document reports a subset of the results from a larger study examining the training and retaining of cyber operations specialists. In this document, we focus on providing information to assist the Army in managing the new 17C Cyber military occupational specialty (MOS). Because this MOS was created recently, there is little historical information available on the performance or retention of soldiers in the MOS. Instead, we describe our quantitative findings regarding the historical retention of recruits with similar qualifications as cyber operations specialists, as well as our findings on wage earnings available to these soldiers in the civilian sector. The findings should be of interest to those involved in planning, developing, and retaining a cyber workforce.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2017
Accession Number
AD1085622

Entities

People

  • Caolionn Oconnell
  • Jennie W. Wenger
  • Maria. C. Lytell

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Administrative Personnel
  • Air Force
  • Army Personnel
  • Attrition
  • Business Administration
  • Cybersecurity
  • Cyberspace Operations
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Information Systems
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Recruiting
  • Recruits

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Naval Personnel Management

Technology Areas

  • Cyber