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Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week
Exploring Cybersecurity Career Pathways
October 17-22, 2022
nist.gov/nice/ccaw
THANK YOU FOR MAKING CYBERSECURITY CAREER AWARENESS WEEK A SUCCESS!
Thank you all for your hard work and dedication during the week-long campaign and making it a success. This cybersecurity career celebration would not have been possible without your engagement and collaboration.
HERE’S A RECAP OF ACTIVITIES THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK
Engagement by the Numbers
- Number of Events and Commitments (over 500)
- Number of People Impacted (over 100k)
- Number of Webinars (92)
- Number of Competitions (15)
- Number of International Commitments (8)
- Number of Training Opportunities (118)
Six-Day #MyCyberJob Social Media Challenge
Throughout the week individuals and organizations around the world shared their short videos, pictures, and stories on social media using hashtags #mycyberjob and #cybercareerweek.
Kick-Off Event
The Congressional Career and Technical Education Caucus, Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus, SANS, and the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) started the week with a lunch and learn session on Exploring Cybersecurity Career Pathways to Build a Skilled & Diverse Cybersecurity Workforce on Monday, October 17th in Washington, D.C. Congressman Jim Langevin provided opening remarks.
Cybersecurity Careers Capture the Flag Competition
Congratulations to the winners who scored highest in the capture the flag contest focused on careers in cybersecurity. Challenges included areas such as cryptography, networking, web applications, reconnaissance, and more! Over 400 participated in this year’s contest. The winners are….
- 1st place: Jeffrey Clemovich, Spotsylvania (VA) Spotsylvania High School
- 2nd place: Daniel Tomov, Virginia Beach (VA) Landstown High School
- 3rd place: Vladimir Kursakov, Spotsylvania (VA) Spotsylvania High School
Presidential Cybersecurity Educator of the Year Announced
Congratulations to the winners of this year's Presidential Cybersecurity Education Award:
- Benjamin Dougherty, West Chester (OH) Lakota West High School
- Robert “Allen” Stubblefield, Jr., Fullerton (CA) Troy High School
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START PLANNING FOR 2023!
Save the date and join us during the third week of October: October 16-21, 2023!
Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week is coordinated by the National Initiative for Cybersecurity (NICE) and supported by a community of government, academic, non-profit, and private industry stakeholders. Commercial entities, materials, and resources provided in support of Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week may be identified in this email or on the nist.gov/nice/ccaw web site or linked web sites. Such identification is not intended to imply recommendation or endorsement by NIST.