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2024 Accomplishments
Grants | Events | Reports and Publications | Stakeholder Engagement
Grants
- Launched season IV
- Draft day
- Participated in the International Cybersecurity Championship and Conference (IC3) in Santiago, Chile.
Announced 33 new cooperative agreements totaling nearly $6.6 million aimed at building the workforce needed to safeguard enterprises from cybersecurity risks. The grants of roughly $200,000 each will go to 33 education and community organizations in 20 states that are working to address the nation’s shortage of skilled cybersecurity employees.
Events
Exhibits and Displays
- Cybercorps: Scholarships for Service (SFS) Career Fair (in-person)
- Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS)
- FISSEA Annual Conference
- 15th Annual NICE Conference & Expo
- National Cybersecurity Virtual Career Fair
- SACNAS
- SANS Summit in Norfolk, VA
- Cybersecurity Career Week Kick Off Event
- US Cyber Games Draft Day
10th Annual NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference
NIST and NICE Events
Cybersecurity Workforce Outlook for 2024 - Impact of Changing Demographics (January 17, 2024)
FISSEA Winter Forum (February 14, 2024)
Expanding Cybersecurity Learning and Workforce Opportunities for Rural Americans (February 21, 2024)
Unlocking the Potential: Cybersecurity Careers for the Neurodiverse (March 20, 2024)
NICE Conference Local Stakeholders’ Engagement Event (March 25, 2024)
Applicant’s Webinar: 2024 NICE RAMPS Funding Opportunity (April 8, 2024)
Reintegrating Justice-Involved Individuals into Cybersecurity Careers (April 30, 2024)
Equity Strategies in Youth Apprenticeship Programs and Partnerships (May 8, 2024)
33rd Annual FISSEA Conference (May 14-15, 2024)
15th Annual NICE Conference (June 3-5, 2024)
Empowering Refugee Communities in Cybersecurity Roles (June 12, 2024)
Applicant’s Webinar: Inside the 2024 Presidential Cybersecurity Education Award Application (July 30, 2024)
FISSEA Fall Forum (September 17, 2024)
Equal Access and Opportunity for Blind and Deaf or Hard of Hearing Talent (September 18, 2024)
Cybersecurity Career Week (October 14-19, 2024)
Developing Cybersecurity Talent Through Alternative Routes (October 16, 2024)
Engaging Parents and Mentors to Help Youth Explore Cybersecurity Careers (November 20, 2024)
10th Annual NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference (December 9-10, 2024)
reports and publications
Publications
Posters
Incorporating AI Tasks, Knowledge, and Skills in the NICE Framework
Stakeholder Engagement
NICE Framework
- Published Proposed Updates for Three NICE Framework Work Roles and One NICE Framework Competency Area
- NICE released version 1.0.0 of the NICE Framework Components
NICE Community Coordinating Council
Full Council Meetings: 10 Monthly Meetings (January, February, March, April, May, June, July, September, October, November)
Working Groups
- Issues Contributing to Talent Retention – Why People Leave and Why People Stay Project Team
- Effective Practices to Identify, Track, and Measure Cybersecurity Career Discovery Programs
- Cybersecurity Educators Workforce Gap Project Team (view deliverable)
- Learning and Employment Records Project Team
Communities of Interest
- Apprenticeships in Cybersecurity
- Cybersecurity Career Ambassadors
- Cybersecurity Skills Competitions
- K12 Cybersecurity Education
- NICE Framework Users
NICE Interagency Coordinating Council
- Meetings: 7 Monthly Meetings (February, March, April, July, September, November, December)
- For additional information please visit here.