The CAE Community of Practice (CoP) for Cyber Defense (CD) (https://www.caecommunity.org/community-of-practice/cyber-defense) was established in 2020 with the mission: “To collaborate with both the CAE Community and the NCAE-C Program Management Office (PMO) to build a Cybersecurity Excellence Community of Practice in Cyber Defense (CoP-CD) in order to gather and share input from the broader community as well as to provide continuous program improvement". This session will discuss the progress and key achievements that the CoP-CD had during the past academic year, including several initiatives such as: the monthly "Getting to Know Your Fellow CAE-CDs" event, the monthly "Meet Your Cyber Competition" event, the annual "CAE-CD Community Outreach Competition", the "New CAE-CD Point of Contact (POC) Onboarding Process" workshop, the ongoing efforts by the "CAE-CD Industry Relations and Shared Resources" and the "NCAE-C Student Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct" initiatives, and the annual “CAE Community Symposium - CAE-CD Planning Committee” work.