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NICE Framework: Current Versions
Components | Publications | Crosswalks | Translations
NICE FRAMEWORK COMPONENTS
NICE Framework Components — Work Role Categories, Work Roles, Competency Areas, and Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements — are provided separately from the NICE Framework structure (SP 800-181 Rev. 1) in the formats below.
CURRENT VERSION: 2.0.0
JSON Document (For more information, read our JSON FAQ)
PREVIOUS VERSION: 1.0.0
- JSON Document (For more information, read our JSON FAQ.)
- Available as Credential Transparency Description Language (CTDL) via the Credential Registry
- NICE Framework Components Online
- NIST Cybersecurity and Privacy Reference Tool (CPRT): Browsable and searchable version of the NICE Framework; includes streamlined XLSX and JSON downloads
- NICE Framework Online: Browsable and searchable version of the NICE Framework hosted by the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) under the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
PREVIOUS VERSION: 2017
For more information, visit NICE Framework History and Change Logs.
nice framework Publications
NICE FRAMEWORK (NIST SP 800-181r1)
NIST Special Publication 800-181 revision 1: The Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework) (November 2020). This document details the structure and use of the NICE Framework. NICE Framework components are separately maintained (see below).
NICE FRAMEWORK COMPETENCY AREAS (NISTIR 8355)
NIST Interagency/Internal Report 8355: NICE Framework Competency Areas: Preparing a Job-Ready Cybersecurity Workforce (June 2023) is a companion paper to NIST SP 800-181 and provides more detail about NICE Framework Competency Areas, including their evolution, development, and stakeholder uses.
NICE FRAMEWORK CROSSWALKS
CSF 2.0 CROSSWALK
Users of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) can access a crosswalk connecting CSF Categories and Subcategories with NICE Framework Work Roles using the OLIR Comparison Report function (select CSF 2.0 under “NIST Publication”, then NICE Framework Components under “Reference”). A color-coded version of the crosswalk is also available for download here.
O*NET-SOC CODES
A crosswalk between NICE Framework Work Roles and Work Role Categories and cybersecurity-related O*NET-SOC codes was developed in collaboration between the NICE Program Office and Georgetown's Center on Security and Emerging Technology (CSET). The crosswalk is maintained by CSET and is available here.
CYBERSECURITY CREDENTIALS COLLABORATIVE
Users interested in comparing NICE Framework Work Roles to industry certifications issued by members of the Cybersecurity Credentials Collaborative (C3) may use the Excel spreadsheet available for download here.
NICE Framework Translations
We encourage translations of the NICE Framework and its components. To submit a translation, please NICEframework [at] nist.gov (contact us).