1. CERTS Workshop 2: Cyber Degrees and Skills Certifications
Chair: John Gilligan, Center for Internet Security (CIS)

2. Cyber Degrees and Skills Certifications: Sub Groups
Degrees—led by Tom Longstaff, Johns Hopkins University
Certifications—Led by James Stanger, CompTIA
Beyond Certifications and Degrees…Workforce Optimization (career learning strategy)—Led by Brian Green, Learning Tree International

3. Subgroup 1: Degrees
What are knowledge gaps and what do we need in the way of cyber education?
Do degrees satisfy the knowledge gaps?
Do degrees provide what is needed to perform on jobs?
There are a range of curricula, what is needed and how do students know what they are getting?

4. Subgroup 2: Certifications
What are the existing – and possible – roles for certification-based training?
How do certifications help authoritatively teach the security skills needed today (and tomorrow)?
What are the relative strengths and weaknesses of certification-based training?
What are some key, hands-on, practical methods that we can adopt to teach people the most critical security skills?
Quite a few training frameworks exist. How should we align job standards and competencies (identified knowledge and skills) with training and certification programs?
There are a lot of certifications. Are they meeting the DoD needs?
What are the best ways to teach different generational learners (e.g., boomers, X-ers, millennials), or even different types of learners?

5. Subgroup 3: Beyond degrees and certifications…Workforce Optimization
What are the biggest organizational impediments preventing sustainable professionalization of cybersecurity skills and skills application?
Common Barriers: Current Change Management Practices, Existing HR Practices, Cultural impediments, Training Budgets, Vendor Management / Selection impediments, etc.
What are the biggest personnel impediments preventing sustainable professionalization of cybersecurity skills and skills application?
Common Barriers: Job Role Def., Competency Matrixes, Process ownership, Employee Engagement, Access to ongoing Professional Assessment & Development
What are the biggest process impediments preventing sustainable professionalization of cybersecurity skills and skills application?
Common Barriers: Outdated policies, Policy siloes, Departmental practices / methodologies, etc.
What are the biggest technology impediments preventing sustainable professionalization of cybersecurity skills and skills application?
Common Barriers: Existing tools, Technology integration, Insufficient Requirements Definition, etc.

6. Workshop Groups Subgroup #1 Subgroup #2 Subgroup #3 Atcorn, Philip
Atkins, Adontis (USCYBER COM)
Avodo, Patrice (Min of For Affairs)
Barraclough, Brett (ManTec)
Blake, Latasha
Boatwright, Karrie (Dept Foreign Affairs)
Bosse, Peter (335th Signal Command
Bradshaw, Scott (SHINE Systems & Tech)
Chavez, CW5 Abel, (US ARCYBER)
Demele, Seydou (1st SIG BDE)
Doran, John Mission Essential)
Douglas, Billy
Echols, Leslie (Aiken County Pub Schls)
Fontana, John (Silotech Group, Inc)
Frame, Ronald (CYBER COE)
Guida, Patrick (Worchester Polytech In)
Hahn, Martha (Signal School, Cyber COE)
Hall, Tiffiany Aiken County Pub Schls)
Hammett, James (SCARNG)
Hobday, Jeff (Army Signal School)
Hoffman, Peter (Georgia Southern University)
Holloman, Kennisha (
Hullings, Dean (ForeScout Tech)
Hynes, Cheryl (CIO/G-6 CS & IA Directorate)
Kleinsmith, Erik (American Public U System)
Laughaman, Martha (Cyberworks Academy)
Lannox, Matthew
Liles, sydney (US Army Corps of Engineers)
Makowski, Stephane (Engility Corp)
Mealer, Robin (Command Grouop CCOE)
Michael, William, (ISS)
Mottel, Kathy, Aiken County Pub Schools)
O’Steen, Lindern (Cyber Protection Brigade)
Peel, Kevin (512th intelligence Squadron)
Pitts, Terry, (Cyber COE)
Price, William (CCOE/SOCOE)
Pryor, Jack (Westway Dev Services)
Rector, Kenneth
Reynoso, Alberto
Richter, Timothy (Broadleaf Inc)
Roberts, Stephen (335th SIG CMD(T)
Rodgers Gary (TCM Cyber/Cyber COE)
Rodriguez, Jesus (USACPB)
Rossman, Lydia (The Rossman Group LLC)
Royal, Stephanie (CCOE g-3/5)
Saturno, Ronnie, (USCG)
Scheidt, Scott (GA Southern Appl Cyber ED)
Selfe, Joshua (Ex Agent Cyber Training)
Sidley, Keith (Cyber Battle Lab)
Simmons, James (CDID – TCM EW)
Stallings, Howard (The Rossman Group LLC)
Stargell, Jamie
Sullivan, Ricardo (EA MC)
Williams, Erica (Aiken County Pub Schools)

7. CERTS Workshop 2: Cyber Degrees and Skills Certifications
Chair: John Gilligan, Center for Internet Security (CIS)
Workshop Out brief
January 18, 2018

8. Group 2 Co- Chair: Tom Longstaff, Johns Hopkins University
Subgroup 1: Degrees
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9. Group 2 Co-Chair: James Stanger, CompTIA
Subgroup 2: Certifications
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10. Group 3 Co-Chair: Brian Green, Learning Tree International
Subgroup 3: Beyond degrees and certifications
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