The CERT Approach to Cybersecurity Workforce Development
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Publisher
Software Engineering Institute
CMU/SEI Report Number
CMU/SEI-2010-TR-045Topic or Tag
Abstract
For most established organizations, developing and maintaining a competent cybersecurity workforce needs little justification and is, in fact, a central requirement for ensuring resilient operations. As a result, these organizations invest significant resources in attempts to fulfill this requirement. However, most organizations find that the rapid changes and dynamic nature of cybersecurity make keeping their workforce up to date a very challenging problem. This report describes a traditional model commonly used for addressing this challenge, explains some operational limitations associated with that model, and presents a new, continuous approach to cybersecurity workforce development.
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Cyber Readiness Research
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Hammerstein, J., & May, C. (2010, December 1). The CERT Approach to Cybersecurity Workforce Development. (SEI Report CMU/SEI-2010-TR-045). Retrieved July 9, 2026, from https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/the-cert-approach-to-cybersecurity-workforce-development/.
@techreport{hammerstein_2010,
author={Hammerstein, Josh and May, Christopher},
title={The CERT Approach to Cybersecurity Workforce Development},
month={Dec},
year={2010},
number={{CMU/SEI-2010-TR-045},
institution={Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University},
url={https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/the-cert-approach-to-cybersecurity-workforce-development/},
note={Accessed: 2026-Jul-9}
}
Hammerstein, Josh, and Christopher May. "The CERT Approach to Cybersecurity Workforce Development." (CMU/SEI-2010-TR-045). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, December 1, 2010. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/the-cert-approach-to-cybersecurity-workforce-development/.
J. Hammerstein, and C. May, "The CERT Approach to Cybersecurity Workforce Development," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, SEI Report CMU/SEI-2010-TR-045, 1-Dec-2010 [Online]. Available: https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/the-cert-approach-to-cybersecurity-workforce-development/. [Accessed: 9-Jul-2026].
Hammerstein, Josh, and Christopher May. "The CERT Approach to Cybersecurity Workforce Development." (SEI Report CMU/SEI-2010-TR-045). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute, 1 Dec. 2010. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/the-cert-approach-to-cybersecurity-workforce-development/. Accessed 9 Jul. 2026.
Hammerstein, Josh; & May, Christopher. The CERT Approach to Cybersecurity Workforce Development. CMU/SEI-2010-TR-045. Software Engineering Institute. 2010. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/the-cert-approach-to-cybersecurity-workforce-development/