Notice of Funding Opportunity: Regional Appliances and Multistakeholder Partnerships to Stimulate (RAMPS) Cybersecurity Education and Workforce NIST has extended the deadline to submit applications for the RAMPS program. Interested applicants now have until September 5, 2023 at 11:59pm ET to submit their proposals. Applicants must demonstrate partnerships with at least...

The National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity Program Management Office (NCAE-C PMO) and the CAE Community will co-sponsor the National Cybersecurity Education Colloquium (NCEC) at Moraine Valley Community College (near Midway Airport), September 18-22, 2023. Register here! Event Highlights Monday, September 18 PMO: Grants Overview Education Pathways National Center...

Announcement of NCEC’s Hack the Building student competition and request for medical expertise and medical equipment The finals for the 2023 Hack the Building 2.0 student competition will occur concurrently with the National Cybersecurity Education Colloquium. Hosted at the DreamPort facility in Columbia, MD, Hack the Building 2.0 will occur...

Nominate PhD Students before July 30, 2023! Do you have or know a PhD student interested in becoming a faculty member? Is the student in a program at a CAE-R institution? If so, consider nominating them to participate in a Research Dissertation panel at the 2023 CAE-R Research Symposium. The...

Call for Applications to participate in the CAE-R Special Topic Workshop on Generative AI Tools and Cybersecurity to be held on September 21, 2023 in conjunction with the National Cybersecurity Education Colloquium. The workshop is organized and led by three researchers from three different government agencies and laboratories. Further details...

JUST PUBLISHED: NICE FRAMEWORK COMPETENCY AREAS, NISTIR 8355 NIST Internal Report (NISTIR) 8355, NICE Framework Competencies: Preparing a Job-Ready Cybersecurity Workforce, has been published. This publication describes Competency Areas as included in the NICE Framework, providing information on how Competency Areas are defined and how they can be used. CALL...

FISSEA is aimed at assisting Federal agencies in strengthening their employee cybersecurity awareness and training programs. Quarterly FISSEA forums provide opportunities to exchange information on programs, efforts, and approaches for improving awareness and training programs throughout the Federal government. FISSEA’s virtual Summer Forum (to be held August 23, 2023) is...

My name is Tobi West. I am a doctoral candidate in the Computer and Cyber Sciences Department at Dakota State University. I am conducting a research study as part of the requirements of my degree in Cyber Defense and I would like to invite you to participate. Results of the...

On behalf of Sinclair Community College and the SANS Institute, we are excited to announce our collaboration with the National Science Foundation (NSF) on the groundbreaking JumpStart into Cyber Summer program. This innovative cybersecurity initiative has been designed to engage and empower underrepresented student groups, creating a path for them...

Colleagues, The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) released its OPM Data Strategy Fiscal Years 2023-2026 [opm.gov] , which lays out a vision to fully leverage OPM and agency human capital data, and to provide federal agencies, federal employees, and public users seamless access to OPM data products and services...