Booz Allen Hamilton
IA Education in South Carolina Workshop
University of South Carolina
8 January 2010
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Table of Contents
 Booz Allen Overview
 The Complex Cyber Landscape
 Booz Allen’s Approach
 Government / Industry / Academia Collaboration
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Booz Allen Hamilton Overview
 Our Mission
– Booz Allen Hamilton partners with clients to solve their most important and complex
problems, making their mission our mission and delivering results that endure.
 Founded in 1914
 Annual Sales: US $4 Billion
 Corporate Headquarters: McLean, VA
 Over 20,000 staff worldwide
 Chairman and CEO: Dr. Ralph W. Sharader, Ph.D
 Serving the public sector since 1942
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Booz Allen Primary Service Offerings
 Booz Allen has deep expertise in the following cross-cutting functional capabilities:
 Organization & Strategy
 Economic & Business Analysis
Assurance & Resilience Capability Service Offerings
 Supply Chain & Logistics
 Intelligence & Operations Analysis
 Security Programs, Policy & Compliance
 Information Technology
 Security Architecture & Engineering
 Systems Engineering & Integration
 Cyber Security Operations
 Assurance & Resilience
 Mission Assurance / Enterprise Resilience
 Modeling & Simulation
 Key Clients include:
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US Dept of Defense
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Department of Justice
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Air Force, Army, Navy, and Marine Corps
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Department of Labor
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Department of Energy
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Department of Energy
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Department of Health and Human Services
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Department of Homeland Security
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Centers for Disease
Control & Prevention
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Environmental Protection
Agency
Department of Treasury
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General Services Admin
NASA
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Internal Revenue Service
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Booz Allen Presence in South Carolina
 Location: Charleston, SC
 Total Staff: Approximately 100 located in the Charleston Region
 Service Offerings Represented
 Organization & Strategy
 Economic & Business Analysis
 Information Technology
 Systems Engineering & Integration
 Assurance & Resilience
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Table of Contents
 Booz Allen Overview
 The Complex Cyber Landscape
 Booz Allen’s Approach
 Government / Industry / Academia Collaboration
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The Complex Cyber Landscape
Currently
2.4 BILLION registered IP
addresses
Every
Minute
5 MILLION emails are sent
Every Hour
35 MILLION voice mail
messages are left
Every Day
50,000 new wireless users
join existing 200 MILLION+
users; 37 MILLION users log
onto the Internet
Every Week
630,000 phone lines are
installed
Every 100
Days
Internet traffic DOUBLES
The Cyber environment never stops…accelerating…evolving…expanding
December 1995
16 million internet users
1995
1996
1997
January 2008
1.3 billion internet users
March 2001
458 million internet users
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Growth of the Internet is shrinking our world
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The combination of exponential growth and complexity causes
significant challenges to our national security
 Global reach has changed (shrinking the world)
 Global dependence on technology to provide services,
sustain operations, and safeguard society
 “Private networks” aren’t private
 Interdependencies exacerbate the problem
Convergence
 Capability to exploit exceeds ability to defend
Everyone shares the same commercial sector networks
 Cyber operations are increasingly complex in light of the
current national security landscape
 Manage risk Decision
vs. building
resilience
making
by our
national leaders goes from
 Rules of Engagement
are unclear
hours to milliseconds
Decision Making
 Legal foundation is old, outdated, and largely ineffective in this
domain
 Cyber as the new “battlefield” for the 21st century warfare –
technologies must be protected and utilized
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Table of Contents
 Booz Allen Overview
 The Complex Cyber Landscape
 Booz Allen’s Approach
 Government / Industry / Academia Collaboration
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The Cyber Security landscapes encompasses more than just technological
vulnerabilities
People and Culture
People and
Culture
Operations
Ensure the integrated
execution of plans
across the enterprise
Operations
CYBER
Policy
Strategy and
Planning
Policy Strategy and
Planning
Align authorities and actors to
form coherent, relevant policy.
Technology
Design, test, and deploy
enduring solutions
Create a corps of workers and
managers that inherently identify with
the Cyber culture and initiatives.
Technology
Management
and Budgeting
Management and Budgeting
Align resources to priorities and
outcomes.
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The Booz Allen Cyber Campaign
 As a part of Booz Allen’s Cyber campaign, we have developed a comprehensive Cyber
workforce plan that will be used to strengthen our workforce by:
 Establishing a foundation for Cyber training and development programs
 Outlining a strategy for acquiring and developing resources within the firm
 We developed a Cyber Role Framework of sample roles that we foresee the workforce
demanding. Some examples are:
 Cyber Intel Analyst
 Cyber Policy Analyst
 Cybersecurity Tester
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Booz Allen Cyber University
 Booz Allen Cyber Boot Camp
 A 7-week pilot program that is a hybrid combination of internal and vendor-instructed training
 An additional 3-week TS/SCI contractor specific class is offered to select staff
 Booz Allen Cyber University provides our staff the following:
 Five online self-paced Programs of Study
 Seven IT certifications Programs of Study
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Career Paths – Mapping career progression and mobility
 KEY QUESTION
– How do Cyber professionals advance within and across related occupational series and functional
areas?
 The newness, complexity, and evolution of Cyber can make it difficult to chart career progression
– What will Cyber security look like in 5 years? In 2 years? In 6 months?
 Career advancement opportunities play a significant role in attracting and retaining a capable workforce
 Career paths serve as an important resource for current and future Cyber professionals by:
– Providing Cyber professionals with a clear vision of career advancement within the organization
– Presenting opportunities to integrate with and transition into new and interesting functional areas
– Establishing a roadmap for success that supports a perspective of career-long learning and
development
 Career path utility is maximized through integration with learning roadmaps providing training and
development opportunities targeted to individual development needs
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Table of Contents
 Booz Allen Overview
 The Complex Cyber Landscape
 Booz Allen’s Approach
 Government / Industry / Academia Collaboration
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Cyber Collaboration
 In order to successfully meet the Cyber-related workforce demands academia, Government,
and industry must work cohesively to attract, retain, and motivate highly-skilled Cyber
professionals
 Academia
 Continue to offer undergraduate and graduate Cyber-related classes to expose students to IA and Cyber
best practices
 Encourage students to pursue entry level Security certifications
 Encourage students to pursue Government and/or Industry mentoring relationships
 Continue to educate and provide the workforce with skilled engineers, computer scientists, and analysts
 Offer IA / Cyber –related degrees for working professionals either during the evenings or online
 Government / Industry
 Offer students opportunities for Cyber related internships
 Develop internal Cyber training initiatives to onboard new Cyber talent
 Collaborate with academia partners to enhance development of higher education Cyber-related
coursework
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Booz Allen Hamilton – Charleston, SC Points of Contact
 Rene Castro
– Vice President – Assurance & Resilience (A&R)
– Email: castro_rene@bah.com
– Phone: (843) 529-4850
 Todd Heath
– Senior Associate – Assurance & Resilience (A&R)
– Email: heath_todd@bah.com
– Phone: (843) 529-4813
 Marc Shelton
– Senior Associate – Assurance & Resilience (A&R)
– Email: shelton_marc@bah.com
– Phone: (843) 529-4869
 Bruce Thackston
– Senior Associate – Assurance & Resilience
– Email: thackston_bruce@bah.com
– Phone: (843) 529-4809
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