{"data":{"id":"us/6-cfr-158.104","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"6 CFR 158.104","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this part:\nAdditional compensation means the compensation described in § 158.603(c).\nAdvisory appointment means an appointment to a qualified position under subpart J of this part.\nAnnuitant has the same meaning as that term in 5 CFR 553.102.\nAnticipated mission impact means the influence the Department anticipates an individual will have on execution of the DHS cybersecurity mission based on the individual's CTMS qualifications and application of those qualifications to successfully and proficiently perform DHS-CS cybersecurity work.\nAssignment means a description of a specific subset of DHS-CS cybersecurity work and a specific subset of CTMS qualifications necessary to perform that work, the combination of which is associable with a qualified position.\nBreak in service means the time when an employee is no longer on the payroll of a Federal agency.\nContinuing appointment means an appointment for an indefinite time period to a qualified position.\nCTMS policy means the Department's decisions implementing and operationalizing the regulations in this part, and includes directives, instructions, and operating guidance and procedures.\nCTMS qualifications means qualifications identified under § 158.402(c).\nCybersecurity incident has the same meaning as the term “incident” in 6 U.S.C. 659.\nCybersecurity risk has the same meaning as that term in 6 U.S.C. 659.\nCybersecurity Talent Management Board or CTMB means the group of officials described in § 158.302.\nCybersecurity Talent Management System or CTMS means the approach to talent management, which encompasses the definitions, processes, systems, and programs, established under this part.\nCybersecurity talent market means the availability, in terms of supply and demand, of talent relating to cybersecurity and employment relating to cybersecurity, including at other Federal agencies such as the Department of Defense.\nCybersecurity threat has the same meaning as that term in 6 U.S.C. 1501(5).\nCybersecurity work means activity involving mental or physical effort, or both, to achieve results relating to cybersecurity.\nDepartment or DHS means the Department of Homeland Security.\nDHS cybersecurity mission means the cybersecurity mission described in § 158.201. As stated in that section, the DHS cybersecurity mission encompasses all responsibilities of the Department relating to cybersecurity.\nDHS Cybersecurity Service or DHS-CS means the qualified positions designated and established under this part and the employees appointed to those positions under this part.\nDHS-CS advisory appointee means a DHS-CS employee serving in an advisory appointment under this part.\nDHS-CS cybersecurity work means cybersecurity work identified under § 158.402(b).\nDHS-CS employee means an employee serving in a qualified position under this part.\nEmployee has the same meaning as that term in 5 U.S.C. 2105.\nExcepted service has the same meaning as that term in 5 U.S.C. 2103.\nExecutive Schedule means the pay levels described in 5 U.S.C. 5311.\nFormer DHS-CS employee means an individual who previously served, but is not currently serving, in a qualified position.\nFunctions has the same meaning as that term in 6 U.S.C. 101(9).\nMission impact means a DHS-CS employee's influence on execution of the DHS cybersecurity mission by applying the employee's CTMS qualifications to successfully and proficiently perform DHS-CS cybersecurity work.\nMission-related requirements means characteristics of an individual's expertise or characteristics of cybersecurity work, or both (including cybersecurity talent market-related information), that are associated with successful execution of the DHS cybersecurity mission, and that are determined by officials with appropriate decision-making authority.\nPreference eligible has the same meaning as that term in 5 U.S.C. 2108.\nQualification means a quality of an individual that correlates with the successful and proficient performance of cybersecurity work, such as capability, experience and training, and education and certification. A capability is a cluster of interrelated attributes that is measurable or observable or both. Interrelated attributes include knowledge, skills, abilities, behaviors, and other characteristics.\nQualified position means CTMS qualifications and DHS-CS cybersecurity work, the combination of which is associable with an employee.\nRenewable appointment means a time-limited appointment to a qualified position.\nSalary means an annual rate of pay under this part and is basic pay for purposes under 5 U.S.C. and 5 CFR. The salary for a DHS-CS employee is described in § 158.603.\nSecretary means the Secretary of Homeland Security.\nSecretary or designee means the Secretary or an official or group of officials authorized to act for the Secretary in the matter concerned.\nStrategic talent priorities means the priorities for CTMS and the DHS-CS set under § 158.304.\nSupervisor means an employee of the Department who has authority to hire, direct, assign, promote, reward, transfer, furlough, layoff, recall, suspend, discipline, or remove employees, or to effectively recommend such actions. A supervisor for a DHS-CS employee may be a DHS-CS employee or may be an employee of the Department serving in a position outside the DHS-CS.\nTalent management means a systematic approach to linking employees to mission and organizational goals through intentional strategies and practices for hiring, compensating, and developing employees.\nTalent management action has the same meaning as the term personnel action in 5 U.S.C. 2302(a)(2) for applicable actions, and the terms talent management action and personnel action may be used interchangeably in this part.\nVeteran has the same meaning as that term in 5 U.S.C. 2108.\nWork level means a grouping of CTMS qualifications and DHS-CS cybersecurity work with sufficiently similar characteristics to warrant similar treatment in talent management under this part.\nWork valuation means a methodology through which an organization defines and evaluates the value of work and the value of individuals capable of performing that work.","path":["Title 6—Domestic Security","CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY","PART 158—CYBERSECURITY TALENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (CTMS)","Subpart A—General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-6.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:54Z","sha256":"6a5cc39e2569fe7691f870d00740983995bf0fdab8aea15f228b271489ac690d","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/6-cfr-158.103","next":"us/6-cfr-158.201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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