DoD Directive 8570-1

DoD Directive 8570-1 reflects the efforts of the Department of Defense to create and maintain a world-class, digital battlefield-ready information assurance workforce

This new DoD-wide policy, made official in August 2004 and implemented in December 2005, mandates that any full- or part-time military service member, contractor, or foreign employee with privileged access to a DoD information systems, regardless of job or occupational series, obtains a commercial information security credential accredited by ANSI or equivalent authorized body under ISO/IEC Standard 17024:2003. The directive also requires that those same personnel must maintain their certified status with a certain number of hours of continuing professional education each year

Additionally, DoD Directive 8570-1 defines two Information Assurance Categories (Technical and Management) and three levels (Level I, Level II, and Level III) as well as defines baseline commercial certifications for each level as outlined below
 

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