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The 16th Annual NICE Conference & Expo took place in Denver, Colorado, on June 1-3, 2025. The conference brought together over 450 participants and featured 4 pre-conference workshops, 19 exhibitors, over 30 sessions, several keynotes, networking opportunities, and more. Take a look at some key highlights from the event below.
Cyber Explorer Lab
The Cyber Explorer Lab, developed by the St. Vrain Valley School District, is a mobile, hands-on cybersecurity lab housed in a repurposed school bus. It provides an interactive environment aimed at sparking interest and inspiring future cybersecurity professionals.
Explore the Mobile Innovation Lab
New Cybersecurity Workforce Data
CyberSeek announced updates that included data that show that demand for cybersecurity talent is speeding up as more public and private sector organizations look to strengthen defenses against a multitude of threats. Employers deployed 514,359 job listings over the past 12 months. This represents an increase of nearly 57,000 listings or 12% over the lull in hiring activity during the prior 12-month reporting period. The updates to CyberSeek also include a new website design with more multimedia content.
RAMPS Communities
The Regional Alliances and Multistakeholder Partnerships to Stimulate (RAMPS) Communities came together for a dynamic workshop focused on collaboration and shared learning. Participants engaged in meaningful discussions about their projects, highlighting activities, outcomes, and common goals, such as expanding internships and work-based learning opportunities. This gathering showcased the RAMPS mission: to foster relationships among community organizations to align cybersecurity education with workforce needs, grow the talent pipeline, and support local economic development.
RAMP'ing Up: Funding Opportunity for Community-Based Cybersecurity Education and Workforce Development
In May 2025, NIST announced a new Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to support Regional Alliances and Multistakeholder Partnerships to Stimulate (RAMPS) cybersecurity education and workforce development. The funding expands the existing RAMPS program and anticipates awarding an additional sixteen awards of up to $200,000 through cooperative agreements.
Deadline to apply for funding: Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Learn more about the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
Proposed NICE Framework Updates for Public Comment – Cybercrime Investigation and AI Security
The NICE Program Office announced at the conference proposed changes to one Work Role and one Competency Area of the NICE Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework). We welcome and encourage comments from all interested stakeholders.
The proposed updates apply to:
- Cybercrime Investigation Work Role (IN-WRL-001)
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) Security Competency Area (NF-COM-002)
Submit comments to NICEFramework [at] nist.gov (NICEFramework[at]nist[dot]gov) by 11:59 pm ET on Thursday, July 17, 2025. Learn more here.
Save the Date: June 1-3, 2026
Save the date (June 1-3, 2026) to join us at next year's NICE Conference & Expo in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
This event is supported by NICE, a program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the U.S. Department of Commerce, under financial assistance award #70NANB23H004.