Cyber Test and Evaluation (T&E)

Cyber T&E policy and guidance are being modernized to keep pace with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition objectives stated in DoDI 5000.01:

1. Simplify Acquisition Policy
2. Tailor Acquisition Approaches
3. Empower Program Managers
4. Conduct Data-Driven Analysis
5. Actively Manage Risk
6. Emphasize Sustainment

This webinar training will provide a brief introduction to the DoD’s iterative cyber T&E approach superseding the six phases. We will cover the following topics:

• Iterative Cyber T&E Methodology
• Cyber T&E Strategy and the Integrated Decision Support Key (IDSK)
• Activities for Scoping Iterative Cyber T&E:
  • Cyber Requirements, Mission-Based Cyber Risk Assessments, Threat Characterization, Attack Surface Characterization, and Using Cyber T&E
• Security Verification, Cooperative, and Adversarial Testing