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...

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...

Enhance your Cybersecurity Curriculum through Faculty Development Workshops The University of Colorado Colorado Springs Cybersecurity Programs Office received a grant from the U.S. National Security Agency to educate, train and develop faculty in cybersecurity. UCCS will serve as a strategic partner for a consortium of educational institutions to deliver a...

NCyTE Center Research Initiatives Request for Proposals (RFPs) The National Cybersecurity Training & Education Center (NCyTE), hosted at Whatcom Community College (WCC) is seeking proposals from an appropriate organization to conduct cybersecurity workforce education research projects. Successful contractors will work with NCyTE leadership (PI, Co-PIs and administrators) to complete the...

CALL FOR COMMENTS In our continuing effort to improve the Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework) as a fundamental reference resource, the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) is pleased to release proposed updates to NICE Framework Work Role Categories and Work Roles. We welcome and encourage comments from all...