The DoD 8570 provides guidance and procedures for the training, certification, and management of the DoD workforce conducting Information Assurance functions in assigned duty positions. It also provides guidance on reporting metrics.

The following agencies are affected by 8570:

Office of the Secretary of Defense
Military Departments
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Combatant Commands
Office of the Inspector General of the DoD
Defense Agencies
DoD Field Activities
all other organizational entities in the DoD

The following personnel are affected by 8570:

Any full- or part-time military service member, contractor, or local nationals with privileged access to a DoD information system performing information assurance (security)functions -- regardless of job or occupational series.

The manual, 8570.01M, specifies that the Department of Defense requires approximately 110,000 identified Information Assurance professionals to be certified within a five year time period. The Defense Information Assurance Program office has divided its Information Assurance workforce into six defined categories (see chart below). The manual also specifies the types of commercial information assurance credentials that qualify for each of the defined categories.

The DoD 8570 is effective immediately and is mandatory for use by all the DoD Components


Link to commercial reference to get details about the DOD 8570 certification process: http://www.giac.org/certifications/dod8570.php

Link to DOD sponsored site for details: http://iase.disa.mil/eta/index.html#8570training

Link to the dod instruction: http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/html/857001m.htm