Government and defense
Identify cyber potential before investing in training
CyberGEN.IQ helps government and defense organizations identify cognitive aptitude for different areas of cyber work, including in candidates whose potential may not be visible through credentials, experience, or knowledge-based screening alone
Talk With Our TeamEach profile shows where a candidate fits best in cyber work, including candidates a credential screen would miss
The challenge
Cyber talent decisions carry high stakes
What a candidate has already had access to
- Certifications and completed coursework
- Prior assignments and technical experience
- Knowledge-based screening results
Each of these records opportunity as much as it records ability
How a candidate approaches cyber problems
- Reasoning when information is incomplete
- Judgment inside a compressed decision window
- Sustained, methodical work through long detail
Different areas of cyber work call on these patterns in different combinations
Limited training capacity makes every seat a decision
When a cohort holds a fraction of the applicant pool, the cost of an overlooked candidate and a misdirected seat is the same cost
Where CyberGEN.IQ fits
A layer you can introduce wherever it is useful
Know who can do the mission before you invest in training
- Eligibility and background requirementsYour standards, unchanged
- Technical knowledgeYour existing measures continue to apply
- Experience and assignment historyRead the way your program reads it today
- Interviews and human judgmentBoards weigh the full picture
Cognitive aptitude, from CyberGEN.IQ
Because it needs no prior cyber knowledge or record, it can be introduced at whichever point in your process the insight is most useful
The training decision stays yours
Your people weigh the evidence and decide, with CyberGEN.IQ contributing one measured view of aptitude alongside everything else on the table
97%accuracy predicting which candidates became elite Cyber Warfare Operators, defined as scoring 90% or higher in training, in a US Air Force field study
Read the field study →Connection to cyber work
Different cyber missions, different cognitive patterns
A complete profile is read against four broad areas of cyber work
The output is role-alignment insight, not a job assignment
Offensive Operations
Finding the undocumented way in while the window is open
Calls on self-directed exploration and decisions made at speedDefensive Operations
Catching the one anomaly in a stream that runs all shift, then acting
Calls on sustained attention and quick recognition of the exceptionDesign and Development
Building what holds up against attacks nobody has tried yet
Calls on inventing structure and carrying it through every detailAnalysis and Forensics
Reconstructing what happened from evidence that is incomplete on purpose
Calls on working a long trail methodically without losing the thread
The five cognitive dimensions are scored individually and interpreted together as one pattern, which is what makes area-level alignment possible
Framework alignment
Aligned with a recognized cyber workforce framework
CyberGEN.IQ aligns cognitive aptitude profiles with the knowledge, skills, and abilities associated with work roles in the NIST NICE Workforce Framework
This alignment supports talent identification, development, and workforce planning across different areas of cyber work
The alignment is Haystack's own mapping and does not imply certification, approval or endorsement from NIST
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Bring another layer of evidence to cyber workforce decisions
Speak with Haystack Solutions about using cognitive aptitude insights to support cyber talent identification, training selection, and workforce planning