National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy

This first-of-its-kind comprehensive approach is aimed at addressing both immediate and long-term cyber workforce needs. Filling the hundreds of thousands of cyber job vacancies across our nation is a national security imperative and the Administration is making generational investments to prepare our country to lead in the digital economy. The approach is positioned to empower every American seeking to participate in our digital ecosystem and underscores the critical need to fill a vast number of vacant cyber jobs. The approach seeks to build and enhance collaboration around four pillars: 

1. Equip Every American with Foundational Cyber Skills: Enable everyone to enjoy the full benefits of our interconnected society.
2.  Transform Cyber Education: Address the immediate demand for a skilled cyber workforce while also preparing learners to meet the future needs of a dynamic technological environment. 
3. Expand and Enhance the National Cyber Workforce: Collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders, adopt a skills-based approach to recruitment and development, and increase access to cyber jobs for all Americans, including underserved and underrepresented groups.
4. Strengthen the Federal Cyber Workforce: Communicate the benefits of careers in public service amongst both job seekers and current employees and lower the barriers associated with hiring and onboarding.