Day Five of Cybersecurity Career Week: It’s Not Too Late to Get Involved

Cybersecurity Career Week
October 19-24, 2026
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Cybersecurity Career Week is coming to a close, but there are still ways YOU can get involved!

EXPLORE ACTIVITES

Join us for Cybersecurity Career Week activities:

• Challenge: Six Day #mycyberjob Media Challenge
  October 19-24, 2026 (All Week)
  X, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and other
  Tag: @NISTCyber 
  
  Take out your phones, tablets, and computers! Engage with others during this week-long Media Challenge by by sharing short videos, pictures, and stories on social media about what you love most about #mycyberjob. Don’t forget to include the hashtags #CyberCareerWeek and #ChooseCyber
   
• Participate in the Open One Door Project
  October 19-24, 2026 (All Week)
  
  The project encourages cybersecurity professionals, educators, and employers to take single, high-impact actions -- such as mentoring, introductions, or offering hands-on experiences -- that help candidates actively advance along a cybersecurity career pathway.

LEARN ABOUT LOCAL AND REGIONAL EFFORTS

Regional Alliances and Multistakeholder Partnerships to Stimulate (RAMPS) Cybersecurity Education and Workforce Development (RAMPS Program) seeks to build multistakeholder workforce partnerships of employers, schools and institutions of higher education, and other community organizations. A goal of the RAMPS Program is to increase the pipeline of students pursuing cybersecurity careers, upskill more Americans to move them into middle class jobs in cybersecurity, and support local economic development to stimulate job growth.

Explore the RAMPS Posters Booklet

EXPLORE FEDERAL RESOURCES & TOOLS

The federal government provides various programs, resources, and tools for those who are interested in exploring a federal career in the cyber workforce. Take a look at what the federal government has to offer!

• National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS)
  Cyber Career Pathways Tool
  The Cyber Career Pathways Tool presents an interactive way to explore the updated Work Roles within the NICE Framework. The Tool depicts the cyber workforce according to distinct, yet complementary categories. It also highlights core attributes among each of the Work Roles and offers actionable insights for employers, professionals, and those considering a career in cybersecurity.
• GenCyber Program
  The GenCyber program aligns with the goals of the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) program in order to provide awareness of college and career pathway opportunities for secondary students. GenCyber offers programs for students in the following three formats: in-person camps, virtual camps, and combination camps.
• Center of Academic Excellence (CAE in Cybersecurity Community)
  CAE-C educational institutions are the premier option for a quality cybersecurity education with highly qualified instructors, exposure to relevant cyber topics and connections to potential future employment in the cyber field.
• U.S. Department of War Cyber Service Academy Scholarship Program
  The Department of War (DoW) Cyber Service Academy (CSA) is both a scholarship program for the DoW, and a capacity building tool for the nation. The program is a result of commitment from DoW and Congress to support higher education as a means to prepare the DoW workforce to deal with threats against the Department’s critical information system and networks.​
• CyberAICorps: Scholarship for Service
  Scholarship For Service (SFS) is a unique program designed to recruit and train the next generation of information technology professionals, industrial control system security professionals, and security managers to meet the needs of the cybersecurity mission for Federal, State, local, and tribal governments. This program provides scholarships for up to 3 years of support for cybersecurity undergraduate and graduate (MS or PhD) education.
• Cyber Careers in the Federal Government
  The U.S. Office of Personnel Management provides a site for all cyber careers in the Federal Government.
• U.S. Intelligence Community Careers
  The Intelligence Community is a group of 18 federal agencies and organizations whose mission is to collect, analyze and deliver foreign intelligence and counterintelligence information to America's leaders so they can make sound decisions to protect our country.

MORE ACTIVITIES THIS WEEK AND BEYOND

Although we spent this week promoting the discovery of cybersecurity careers and sharing resources that increase understanding of the multiple learning pathways that lead to those careers, you can stay engaged on this topic throughout the year!

Access online career discovery resources or participate in the NICE Cyber Careers Community of Interest.

Events during Cybersecurity Career Week haven’t ended yet! There are several community events happening around the globe. Find one to participate in by exploring the event portal online.

Cybersecurity Career Week is coordinated by the NICE program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology under the U.S. Department of Commerce and supported by a community of government, academic, nonprofit, and private industry stakeholders. Commercial entities, materials, and resources provided in support of Cybersecurity Career Week may be included in this email or on the nist.gov/nice/ccw website or linked websites. Such identification is not intended to imply recommendation or endorsement by NIST.