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#ICYMI - Monthly Meeting Recap
Join us next week on June 24th at 3:30pm ET for the next NICE Community Coordinating Council meeting.
In case you missed March's meeting, the minutes from the NICE Community Coordinating Council meeting have been published.
Take a look at some key highlights from our meeting:
Featured Content
Report Roundup
Fadime Keçe from Ministry of Economic Affairs presented on twelve actionable recommendations targeting ecosystem coordination, labor market engagement, and educational reform.
Strategy Stories
Vlad Boldura from TryHackMe presented on a new practical entry-level certification for Security Operations Center (SOC) analysts.
Framework Feature
Jonathan Armstrong from CREST provided an overview of their framework which incorporates both the NICE Framework and SFIA to assess teams' competencies.
Community Progress Reports
Project Updates
The Modernize Talent Management Working Group recently published the Empowering Organizations to Retain Skilled Cybersecurity Talent for Long-Term Success White Paper. The report aims to provide insights for human resource and leadership teams in cybersecurity to improve retention strategies.
The Cybersecurity Skills Competitions Community of Interest is being temporarily paused due to reduced participation, with the option to restart based on future community demand.
Learn how to join a Working Group or Community of Interest
The NICE Conference & Expo has the Local Stakeholder Engagement Event recording available here.
The NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference has call for proposals open until Friday, June 27, 2025. Learn more here.
The US Cyber Games Season 5 launched on June 5, 2025 with open participation and events throughout the summer, including the international competition circuit.
Featured Topic
Michael Prebil from the NICE Framework team at NICE presented on recent updates made to the NICE Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework). The new release features better alignment of task-knowledge-skill (TKS) statements. Learn more here.
Learn More
Join our next meeting on June 24, 2025.
The NICE Community Coordinating Council meets monthly to engage with public and private sector participants on cybersecurity education, training, and workforce development topics.
Additionally, the NICE Community Coordinating Council is comprised of three Working Groups and four Communities of Interest, each with their own meeting cadence.