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PUBLICATIONS

NICE: Creating a Cybersecurity Workforce and Aware Public

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Author(s)

Celia Paulsen, Ernest L. McDuffie, William D. Newhouse, Patricia R. Toth

Abstract

The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) aims to create an operational, sustainable, and continually improving program for cybersecurity awareness, education, training, and workforce development. As part of the initiative, the NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework aims to codify cybersecurity talent; define the cybersecurity workforce in common terms; and tie the workforce's various jobs, competencies, and responsibilities into a common architecture.
Citation
IEEE Security & Privacy
Volume
10
Issue
3
Pub Type
Journals

Download Paper

https://doi.org/10.1109/MSP.2012.73

Keywords

CNCI, Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative, NICE, NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework, National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education, computer security, cybersecurity, education, professional development
Cybersecurity and privacy

Citation

Paulsen, C. , McDuffie, E. , Newhouse, W. and Toth, P. (2012), NICE: Creating a Cybersecurity Workforce and Aware Public, IEEE Security & Privacy, [online], https://doi.org/10.1109/MSP.2012.73 (Accessed October 13, 2025)

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Created June 4, 2012, Updated November 10, 2018
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