---
kind: "section"
citation: "6 C.F.R. § 158.204"
title: "6"
number: "158.204"
heading: "Employees in the DHS-CS."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/6/158.204"
---

# §158.204. Employees in the DHS-CS.

- (a) **DHS-CS employees.** DHS-CS employees serve in the excepted service, and the Department hires, compensates, and develops DHS-CS employees using CTMS.
- (b) **Mission execution and assignments.** DHS-CS employees execute the DHS cybersecurity mission by applying their CTMS qualifications to perform the DHS-CS cybersecurity work of their assignments.
- (c) **Mission impact and recognition.** Application of a DHS-CS employee's CTMS qualifications to successfully and proficiently perform DHS-CS cybersecurity work results in mission impact attributable to that employee. The Department reviews a DHS-CS employee's mission impact as described in [§ 158.805](/cfr/6/158.805.md), which may result in recognition as described in [§ 158.630](/cfr/6/158.630.md).
- (d) **Compensation.** In alignment with the compensation strategy described in [§ 158.601](/cfr/6/158.601.md), the Department provides compensation to a DHS-CS employee as described in [§ 158.603](/cfr/6/158.603.md).
- (e) **Recruitment and development.** The Department strategically and proactively recruits individuals as described in [§ 158.510](/cfr/6/158.510.md) and develops DHS-CS employees under the career development program, described in [§ 158.803](/cfr/6/158.803.md), that emphasizes continual learning.
- (f) **Core values.** The Department uses the core values, described in [§ 158.305](/cfr/6/158.305.md), to manage the DHS-CS.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 6 U.S.C. 658. Subpart H also issued under 5 U.S.C. Chapters 41 and 43; 5 CFR parts 410 and 430.

### Source

Source: 86 FR 47893, Aug. 26, 2021, unless otherwise noted.