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NICE Framework Change Logs | NICE Framework History 

The Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework) was first published as a NIST Special Publication in 2017. But development of what was to become the NICE Framework began a decade earlier. This page shares not only about the history of the NICE Framework but also includes Change Logs that track the ongoing evolution of this resource.

NICE Framework CHange LOgs

The NICE Program Office maintains an ongoing record of implemented changes to the Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework) primary publications (NIST Special Publication 800-181 and NIST IR 8355) and association Components: Work Role Categories, Work Roles, Competency Areas, and Task, Knowledge, and Skill (TKS) statements.

NICE Framework Components Change Log

Version

Date

Components

Changes

2.0.0

5 March 2025All

Second major revision of NICE Framework Components. Updates include:

  • Work Role Categories: Removal of two Work Role Categories and the Work Roles contained in them. Note these can now be found in the DoD Cyber Workforce Framework (DCWF). Affected categories:
    • Cyberspace Effects
    • Cyberspace Intelligence
  • Work Roles:
    • Two updated Work Roles:
      • Digital Evidence Analysis (IN-WRL-002)
      • Insider Threat Analysis (PD-WRL-005)
    • One new Work Role:
      • Operational Technology (OT) Cybersecurity Engineering (DD-WRL-009)
  • Competency Areas: One updated Competency Area:
    • Cyber Resiliency (NF-COM-007)
  • TKS updates:
    • Administrative changes 

1.0.0

5 March 2024

All

First major revision of NICE Framework Components. Updates were made to align to 800-181 rev. 1 and the TKS Authoring Guide, and include the following updates:

  • Work Role Categories: Updated names, descriptions, and codes
  • Work Roles:
    • Updated names, descriptions, and codes
    • Deprecated Work Role: Systems Developer (OPM Code 632) (Original Category: Securely Provision)
    • New Work Role: Insider Threat Analysis (Category: Protection and Defense)
  • Competency Areas: Confirmed areas added (NOTE: names and descriptions added; future development of associated statements planned for 2024)
  • TKS updates: 
    • Refactored Ability statements
    • TKS statements largely revised (updated and new statements have new ID codes)

2017 (2017 components made available as a separate release – no version identifier)

November 2020AllFirst release of NICE Framework components as a separate spreadsheet. This release was made available in conjunction with the 800-181 revision 1, but the components represented here are from the original 2017 publication.

NICE Framework Publications Change Log

Version

Date

Publication

Change(s)

2023June 2023

NISTIR 8355

First publication of NIST IR 8355, NICE Framework Competency Areas: Preparing a Job-Ready Cybersecurity Workforce
Revision 1November 2020

SP 800-181

  • Updated Title: Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework)
  • Deprecation of Specialty Areas
  • Deprecation of Ability Statements
  • Addition of Competencies
  • Edits throughout
2017August 2017

SP 800-181

First publication of NIST Special Publication 800-181, National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Cybersecurity Workforce Framework
Information technology and Cybersecurity

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Created February 6, 2018, Updated March 10, 2025
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