Looking Ahead at the Cybersecurity Workforce at the Federal Aviation Administration (2021) / Chapter Skim
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5 Key Challenges and Opportunities
5 Key Challenges and Opportunities
Pages 75-80
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The FAA takes this seriously, recognizing that the consequences of this increasing digitization and connectivity without adequate cybersecurity could be enormous: disruption anywhere in the aviation sector can spread across borders, cause significant financial damages, and compromise safety. Securing the computers, networks, and data that underpin modern aviation depends in part on the FAA having enough cybersecurity professionals (capacity)
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that "the cyber landscape of the FAA is continuously evolving. Accordingly, the future FAA cybersecurity workforce will need to adapt in order to simultaneously support traditional enterprise infrastructure and security operation center needs, as well as provide subject matter expertise and program oversight of cybersecurity integration into all aspects of FAA's missions." The profusion of digital technologies and the growing threat surface to the FAA's systems and operations add to the challenge by multiplying the number of skills needed to effectively manage cybersecurity risk.
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The FAA's current recruitment capabilities are not robust enough to meet future demand in an increasingly competitive environment. The FAA will need to be more effective in recruiting a cyber workforce of sufficient capability and capacity in the face of worldwide competition for cybersecurity talent, the need to be ready to replace a wave of retirees, and the need for greater diversity in its cybersecurity workforce.
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Broaden the talent pipeline by building sustainable relationships with educational and industry partners and enhancing college recruitment. In order to help respond to the national imperative to grow the capability and capacity of the national and federal cybersecurity workforce and meet its own future needs, the FAA should consider investments in enriching educational curricula and scholarship programs and mining industrybased talent pools.
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and (2) provide professional development opportunities to refresh skill sets of current cybersecurity employees and ensure sharing of key institutional and mission-specific knowledge with newer cybersecurity staff (Recommendation 4-2)
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