Navy Gets New Cyber Guidelines
The Department of the Navy has released new cybersecurity guidelines which assigns compliance responsibilities and defines cyber workforce management.
The new directive, sent throughout the Navy last month, is designed “to establish policy and assign responsibilities for the administration of the Department of the Navy (DON) Cybersecurity (CS)/Information Assurance Workforce (IAWF) Management Oversight and Compliance Program,” according to the document.
The guideline states that cybersecurity is vital to the Navy’s operational effectiveness and cyber personnel must be prepared to work swiftly and effectively. All cybersecurity/ information warfare operators must be certified to a baseline IA commercial certification, according to DoD regulations.
The policy includes provisions for compliance and the establishment of command structures.
It includes:
- Deputy CIOs, Navy and Marine Corps, shall ensure Information Assurance Workforce (IAWF) identification, training and certification compliance.
- Commanding officers, commanders and civilian heads of agencies shall develop an IAWF Management Implementation Plan.
- Major Subordinate Command and Echelon I and II Command Information Officers shall establish administrative chains of command to track and report IAWF management compliance status.
- IAWF Management, Oversight, and Compliance Council shall meet quarterly to oversee compliance status.
- Services shall conduct command compliance visits (minimum of 5 percent each year).
- Compliance visits may be conducted by the following organizations/activities:
- Defense Information Assurance (IA) Program Office;
- Naval Audit Service;
- DON Headquarters level;
- Service IA Workforce Improvement Program Offices of Primary Responsibility (OPRs);
- Inspector General staffs;
- DoD Command Cyber Readiness Inspection;
- Red Team assessments and Blue Team assist visits.
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