Pentagon announces ‘Cyber Mastery Incentive Pay’

he Pentagon announced the “Cyber Mastery Incentive Pay” (C-MIP) program on Wednesday, an initiative defense officials described as an effort to attract and develop talented cyber operators through monetary compensation.

C-MIP will go into effect Oct. 1, according to the announcement. Officials billed it as part of the Defense Department’s Cybercom 2.0 initiative, an effort meant to modernize the way the military recruits, assesses, trains and retains a digital force.

While money isn’t the only reason people join the cyber community, the new program wades into an enduring challenge for the military, which is competing against lucrative private sector jobs and wrestling with how to grow a skilled cyber workforce in the face of rapidly evolving digital threats.

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