https://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/041012-army-security-certs-258136.html By Ellen Messmer Network World April 10, 2012 The U.S. Army is having a hard time manning its IT staff because it cannot find military personnel with the right networking and IT security qualifications. The Department of Defense (DOD) Directive 8570.01-M is a military regulation first published in 2005 that puts forward considerable detail on the workplace and related training and certifications that military personnel -- and now contractors as well -- must have to operate DOD-related information systems for information assurance purposes. But the problem for the Army at this point is that it doesn't have enough personnel with the required training, said Lisa Lee, information assurance program manager, Program Executive Office, Enterprise Information Systems in the U.S. Army. To cope with the shortage of certified personnel, the Army is altering its guidelines so that not as many individuals working in areas it calls "an enclave boundary" -- defined as a specific set of routers and firewalls -- will have to meet the previous requirements, said Lee, who spoke on the topic on behalf of the Army at the recent FOSE Conference in Washington, D.C. With that change, the individuals who have the higher security credentials the military wants will be granted higher network administrative privileges and those at a lower certification level will have less, and likely make less money, she noted. "I was forced to do it," she said. "We have some good people having trouble passing the tests. They're just not good test takers." [...] _______________________________________________ LayerOne Security Conference May 26-27, Clarion Hotel, Anaheim, CA http://www.layerone.orgReceived on Tue Apr 10 2012 - 22:34:42 PDT
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