DHS creates Cybersecurity Service similar to DOD’s Cyber Excepted Service

guest · Aug 26, 2021

DHS creates Cybersecurity Service similar to DOD’s Cyber Excepted Service
August 26, 2021
https://www.fedscoop.com/dhs-creates-cybersecurity-service-similar-to-dods-cyber-excepted-service/

The Department of Homeland Security has created the DHS Cybersecurity Service, a new way to hire and manage cybersecurity professionals outside of traditional civil service requirements.

DHS announced the Cybersecurity Service as part of its long-awaited Cyber Talent Management System in an interim final rule published Thursday in the Federal Register.
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Personnel hired to the DHS-CS will take what the department is calling qualified positions — excepted service roles with their own qualification requirements and that are not subject to the appointment, pay, and classification rules of traditional competitive service positions, based on special hiring flexibilities.

The Department of Defense has its own Cyber Excepted Service initiative based on similar hiring flexibilities to make itself more competitive and quick in hiring and managing civilian cybersecurity talent to its forces.
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“The goal of the DHS-CS is to enhance the cybersecurity of the nation through the most effective execution of the DHS cybersecurity mission,” the rule says.
“DHS will use [the Cyber Talent Management System] to hire, compensate, and develop DHS-CS employees to reinforce the values of expertise, innovation, and adaptability.”
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On a new recruitment webpage, DHS also touts the Cybersecurity Service’s career development approach.

DHS received $62 million between fiscal 2014 and 2021 to design and build the Cyber Talent Management System and Cybersecurity Service. For fiscal 2022, it has requested $16 million to finally launch and administer the programs.
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