Comparison of Public and Private Sector Cybersecurity and IT Workforces

Abstract

In the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) was tasked with performing a zero-based review (ZBR)-- a detailed review rather than a simple comparison with previous size or budget-- of its cyber and information technology (IT) personnel. The NDAA requires that DoD departments, components, and agencies complete ZBRs for their cyber and IT workforces and that those ZBRs be submitted to the Principal Cyber Advisor, DoD Chief Information Officer (DoD CIO), and the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. DoD CIO asked the RAND Corporations National Defense Research Institute to produce a transparent and repeatable process for validating and ensuring the consistency of data and analysis used for the ZBR. In this report, we extend that previous research by collecting and analyzing additional cyber workforce data to further compare the private and public sector cyber workforces.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 07, 2023
Accession Number
AD1192824

Entities

People

  • Karen Schwindt
  • Ryan C Johnson
  • Sasha Romanosky

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Corporations
  • Cyber Defense Techniques
  • Cybersecurity
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economic Forecasting
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Scientists
  • Security
  • Software Development
  • Specialists
  • Standards
  • Statistics
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management

Technology Areas

  • Cyber