As of Dec. 4th, federal government, cybersecurity employees can now apply for roles at other agencies via a new listing of open opportunities published by the Office of Personnel Management.
The new Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program, which stems from a 2022 law, aims to provide federal cybersecurity professionals with additional opportunities to learn how to defend networks from complicated and evolving threats benefitting agencies in the process.
Across 12 participating agencies, there are currently 53 postings representing 65, six-month to year-long rotations. Those interested will have to already be in a cyber-coded federal job, get approval from their home agency, and have the right level of security clearance.
According to Jason Barke, OPM’s deputy associate director for strategic workforce planning, agencies are excited and interest has exceeded expectations.
George McGregor, VP, Approov Mobile Security had this to say:
“This is a creative way to offer a development opportunity to federal cybersecurity employees to allow them to enrich their skills. It also should improve retention in a highly competitive market.
“Some programs must also focus on bringing in new talent of course, but this rotation scheme should help here too, offering an attractive path to achieving broad skills that private companies will struggle to match.”
Troy Batterberry, CEO and Founder, EchoMark follows with this:
“Encouraging cross-pollination of individual and team skills is a wonderful technique I also utilized during my 30+ years at US Department of Defense, Sony, Microsoft, and now EchoMark. Leaders who selflessly lean in and actively participate in these “knowledge transfer” programs will see their overall organizational effectiveness and team morale grow. They will also see their professional network grow quickly as existing and potentially new team members see such leaders as acting on what is best for the team members and the broader community, and not just optimizing for themselves.”
This is an interesting strategy that I think will pay dividends in the long term as it will serve to be a great force multiplier in terms of having people available and able to defend against cyberattacks.
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US Gov HR Launches Rotational Cyber Workforce Program
As of Dec. 4th, federal government, cybersecurity employees can now apply for roles at other agencies via a new listing of open opportunities published by the Office of Personnel Management.
The new Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program, which stems from a 2022 law, aims to provide federal cybersecurity professionals with additional opportunities to learn how to defend networks from complicated and evolving threats benefitting agencies in the process.
Across 12 participating agencies, there are currently 53 postings representing 65, six-month to year-long rotations. Those interested will have to already be in a cyber-coded federal job, get approval from their home agency, and have the right level of security clearance.
According to Jason Barke, OPM’s deputy associate director for strategic workforce planning, agencies are excited and interest has exceeded expectations.
George McGregor, VP, Approov Mobile Security had this to say:
“This is a creative way to offer a development opportunity to federal cybersecurity employees to allow them to enrich their skills. It also should improve retention in a highly competitive market.
“Some programs must also focus on bringing in new talent of course, but this rotation scheme should help here too, offering an attractive path to achieving broad skills that private companies will struggle to match.”
Troy Batterberry, CEO and Founder, EchoMark follows with this:
“Encouraging cross-pollination of individual and team skills is a wonderful technique I also utilized during my 30+ years at US Department of Defense, Sony, Microsoft, and now EchoMark. Leaders who selflessly lean in and actively participate in these “knowledge transfer” programs will see their overall organizational effectiveness and team morale grow. They will also see their professional network grow quickly as existing and potentially new team members see such leaders as acting on what is best for the team members and the broader community, and not just optimizing for themselves.”
This is an interesting strategy that I think will pay dividends in the long term as it will serve to be a great force multiplier in terms of having people available and able to defend against cyberattacks.
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