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2026 Conference and Expo Early Bird Registration is Now Open! June 1 to 3, 2026 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Registration is now open for the 2026 NICE...
Exciting news! The National Cyber Signing Day 2025 video is officially live and now available! This inspiring presentation was recorded on December 8, 2025...
Federal Information Security Educators (FISSEA) Contest and Innovator of the Year Submission deadline: March 27, 2026, at 11:59pm ET The FISSEA Awareness and...
Mark Your Calendars! The NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference will take place in New Orleans, Louisiana, on December 7-8, 2026! The Annual NICE K12...
Congratulations to Karen Wetzel for receiving the 2023 Service Recognition Award in recognition for her outstanding cybersecurity contribution to the community and the Nation from the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity. Karen...
Congratulations to Rodney Petersen for receiving the 2023 Service Recognition Award in recognition for his outstanding cybersecurity contribution to the community and the Nation from the National Centers of Academic Excellence (CAE) in Cybersecurity...
Congratulations to Dr. Davina Pruitt-Mentle for receiving the 2018 Government Leadership of the Year Award. Pruitt-Mentle has spent over 20 years researching and coordinating cybersecurity education programs. She joined the National Initiative for...
Congratulations to Rodney Petersen and The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) who received an award for Exemplary International Leadership in Cybersecurity Education and Workforce Development from Cyber New Brunswick at Canada's...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) NICE Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity provides a model for capability-based workforce design by...
CyberSeek, an initiative supported by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, estimates that approximately 663,000 cybersecurity positions remain...
In the U.S., CISA’s National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies continues to mature tooling around the NICE Framework, including the NICE...
During his decade of service at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Rodney Petersen has had a front-row seat to the evolving state of the cyber...