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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Homeland Security Department
Docket ID: [Docket No. DHS-2007-0068]
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of availability.
SUBJECT CATEGORY: Information Technology Security Essential Body of Knowledge
DATES: Submit comments on or before December 7, 2007.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY: This notice informs the public and interested stakeholders that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is making available for public review and comment ``Information Technology (IT) Security Essential Body of Knowledge (EBK): A Competency and Functional Framework for IT Security Workforce Development.'' This framework is intended to assist the public, private, and academic sectors with strategic IT security workforce development initiatives including professional development, training and education. The EBK is not an additional set of DHS guidelines, and it is not intended to represent a standard, directive, or policy by DHS. Instead, it further clarifies key IT security terms and concepts for welldefined competencies, identifies notional security roles, defines four primary functional perspectives, and establishes an IT Security Role, Competency, and Functional Matrix.
SUMMARY: Information Technology Security Essential Body of Knowledge: A Competency and Functional Framework for IT Security Workforce Development,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
The IT security workforce must be prepared to meet the challenges that exist today and in the future. IT security is a strategic aspect of an organization's business or mission and as a strategic priority, it has the potential of enhancing productivity and improving the way an organization functions. As the IT security profession matures, it requires qualified professionals with the competencies to support increasingly sophisticated demands. In response to this challenge, the DHSNCSD worked with higher education, government and private sector experts to develop an umbrella framework that establishes a national baseline representing the essential knowledge and skills that IT security practitioners must have to perform. The DHS National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) developed the IT
Security EBK as a competencybased framework that links competencies
and functional perspectives to IT security roles fulfilled by personnel
in the public and private sectors. Potential benefits of the IT
Security EBK for both professional development and workforce management initiatives include:
The IT Security EBK builds directly upon the work of established
bodies of knowledge; it is not an additional set of guidelines, and it
is not intended to represent a standard, directive or policy by DHS. Instead, it further clarifies key
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IT security terms and concepts for welldefined competencies,
identifies notional security roles, defines four primary functional
perspectives, and establishes an IT Security Role, Competency and
Functional Matrix to help advance the IT security training and
certification landscape as we strive to ensure that we have the most
qualified and appropriately trained IT security workforce possible.
Dated: September 26, 2007.
Greg Garcia,
Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity and Communications.
[FR Doc. E719566 Filed 10207; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 441010P
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Brenda Oldfield, Director for
Education, Training and Workforce Development, National Cyber Security
Division, Department of Homeland Security, EMail:
ITSecurityEBK@dhs.gov.
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