• Nextgov.com, Monday, August 15, 2011 11:08 AM

The Obama administration on Friday released a roadmap for building a U.S. cyber-security workforce, and testing the government's success at raising public awareness of computer threats. "Currently, there is no definition of what it means to be a cybersecurity professional," Nextgov.com notes.

The draft strategic plan therefore sets forth a way to measure the results of federal and private sector workforce development efforts. The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education, or NICE, a branch of the Commerce Department, developed the proposal this past spring to bring some order to the new frontier of cyber-security training, agency officials said at the time. "This plan will provide a path to a more secure digital nation," states the document, which also attempts to gauge the influence of cyber publicity campaigns. The plan includes specific instructions for the federal government on how to "maintain an unrivaled, globally competitive cybersecurity workforce."

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