We recently covered the basic differences between U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Directive 8570, the DoD 8570 manual (8570.01-m) and DoD Directive 8140. Now we’re going to focus on DoD Directive 8570. Although it is retired, it is an important milestone in cybersecurity workforce management for the U.S. government. Understanding DoD Directive 8570 provides a path to understanding the current DoD Directive 8140.
DoD Directive 8570 Defined
DoD Directive 8570 was issued in 2005 to identify, tag, track and manage the information assurance, or cybersecurity, workforce. It also established a manual that includes an enterprise-wide baseline IT certification requirement to validate the knowledge, skills and abilities of people working in cybersecurity roles. It was replaced by DoD Directive 8140 in 2015, which expands upon it.
Note: The DoD used the term information assurance to describe cybersecurity in 2005, but the term has since changed to cybersecurity in most cases.
The purpose of DoD Directive 8570 was twofold:
Establish policy and assign responsibilities for DoD Information Assurance (IA) training, certification and workforce management.
Authorize the publication of DoD 8570.01-m.
DoD Directive 8570 addresses the contractors and entities of the DoD – including military and defense agencies – that provide cybersecurity (or IA, at the time) functional services for DoD information systems.
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