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CWT Cyber Warfare Technician

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Overview

A cyber warfare technician plans, develops, and executes defensive and offensive cyberspace operations at strategic, operational, and tactical levels. The technician conducts threat hunting, digital forensics, network and host exploitation, research, mission planning, and cyberspace effects while safeguarding classified material and information systems.

Minimum clearance: Top Secret

Minimum ASVAB: AR+2MK+GS 239 or VE+AR+MK+MC 239

ASVAB policy: Not policy-reviewed · coverage unknown · as of 2026-10-18

Program scope has not been reviewed.

Policy applicability and coverage of the program's score routes have not been reviewed. Shown-route arithmetic is not an eligibility decision.

Source: milpersman-1306-618-rating-list-2026-04 (source date 2026-04). Policy applicability has not been established.

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Core Skills

  • Cyberspace threat hunting and analysis
  • Digital forensics for cyber operations
  • Network and host exploitation techniques
  • Offensive and defensive cyber mission planning

Civilian Career Paths

Career associations are editorial assessments of the cited evidence, not an official crosswalk unless the evidence explicitly says so. O*NET supplies civilian occupation information, not proof of a military match. Related experience does not confer civilian qualifications. Tasks and tools below describe civilian work, not military training.

Information Security Analysts

Defensive cyberspace operations, threat hunting, and reporting and responding to threats transfer directly to assessing and protecting civilian information systems.

How to prepare: Build a lab-based security assessment that documents risks, tests protective measures, and recommends corrections.

What the civilian work involves
  • Develop plans to safeguard computer files against accidental or unauthorized modification, destruction, or disclosure and to meet emergency data processing needs.
  • Perform risk assessments and execute tests of data processing system to ensure functioning of data processing activities and security measures.
  • Modify computer security files to incorporate new software, correct errors, or change individual access status.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Linux
  • Microsoft PowerShell
  • Python

Digital Forensics Analysts

Military digital forensics and cyberspace threat analysis provide directly relevant experience for examining digital evidence and investigating network intrusions.

How to prepare: Complete a practice investigation using a lab system image and logs, documenting evidence preservation, handling procedures, and findings.

What the civilian work involves
  • Adhere to legal policies and procedures related to handling digital media.
  • Analyze log files or other digital information to identify the perpetrators of network intrusions.
  • Create system images or capture network settings from information technology environments to preserve as evidence.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Linux
  • Python
  • Splunk Enterprise

Penetration Testers

Network and host exploitation and offensive cyberspace mission planning transfer to evaluating system vulnerabilities and recommending security improvements.

How to prepare: Produce a security audit of an isolated lab network, documenting scope, vulnerability findings, and recommended mitigations.

What the civilian work involves
  • Conduct network and security system audits, using established criteria.
  • Configure information systems to incorporate principles of least functionality and least access.
  • Design security solutions to address known device vulnerabilities.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Bash
  • Linux
  • Microsoft Active Directory

Training & Development

Choose credentials for your target role. COOL funding markers describe program listings, not a guarantee of eligibility or funding.

Getting Started

  • CompTIA Security+ · Funded

    Validate foundational civilian IT security knowledge for information security analyst work.

    For: Information Security Analysts

Notes & Sources

  • Keep classified operational details and materials out of civilian portfolios and interview examples.
Evidence for this guidance (6 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol I (NEOCS, Jan 2026 edition): CYBER WARFARE TECHNICIAN (CWT)

    [1] Rating chapter "SCOPE OF RATING"; cached text line 22463; NAVPERS 18068F Vol I, 2026-01 edition

    Supports: Cyberspace threat hunting and analysis, Digital forensics for cyber operations, Network and host exploitation techniques, Offensive and defensive cyber mission planning, Information Security Analysts (O*NET 15-1212.00), Digital Forensics Analysts (O*NET 15-1299.06), Penetration Testers (O*NET 15-1299.04)

  2. O*NET: Information Security Analysts

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Information Security Analysts (O*NET 15-1212.00)

  3. O*NET: Digital Forensics Analysts

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Digital Forensics Analysts (O*NET 15-1299.06)

  4. O*NET: Penetration Testers

    [4] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Penetration Testers (O*NET 15-1299.04)

  5. COOL credential mapping: CompTIA Security+

    [5] CWT cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: CompTIA Security+

  6. CompTIA Security+ exam details

    [6] Exam details, recommended experience

    Supports: CompTIA Security+

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Predecessor codes

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