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FISSEA Forums are designed to provide opportunities for policy and programmatic updates, the exchange of best practices, and discussion and engagement among members of the Federal Information Security Educators (FISSEA) community.
The theme for the 2026 FISSEA Forums, Increasing Cybersecurity Awareness: The Human Firewall, highlights that human behavior is key to developing cybersecurity awareness and training programs. The theme focuses on humans at the center of education and training, including how humans can leverage emerging technologies to strengthen their efforts.
Agenda
1:00-1:05pm ET
Welcoming Remarks
Danielle Santos, Deputy Director of NICE, National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce
Karen Bovell, FISSEA Co-Chair, Education Program Specialist, Employee Experience & Workforce Development, Orlando VA Healthcare System
1:05-1:25pm ET
Opening Keynote TBA
1:25-1:50pm ET
FISSEA Fifteen: Let’s Build a Micro-Training Module
Susan Hansche, Training Manager, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
1:50-2:00pm ET
Break
2:00-2:55pm ET
Featured Panel: Using the NICE Framework in Cybersecurity Learning
Level Up: Applying Cybersecurity Skills Through the President’s Cup Competition and Practice Area
Brittney Thomas, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
TBA
2:55-3:00pm ET
Closing Remarks
Joyce Mui, FISSEA Co-Chair, Senior Manager Research Informatics, University of Maryland Medical System & University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing