FISSEA Frequently Asked Questions

The name originally was an abbreviation for Federal Information Systems Security Educators Association but has now been shortened to Federal Information Security Educators (FISSEA).

Any Federal government information security awareness and training professional is welcome to join.

Get involved with FISSEA by:

• Joining the mailing list
• Attending an upcoming event
• Participating in the Innovator of the Year or Awareness and Training Contest
• Volunteering as a Planning Committee member

For FISSEA email announcements, send an email to FISSEAUPDATES+subscribe [at] list.nist.gov (FISSEAUPDATES+subscribe[at]list[dot]nist[dot]gov) with the Subject as “Subscribe”.

View our Upcoming Events list to learn about our future events.

The FISSEA Call for Speakers is open year-round. View submission guidelines, topics of interests, and submit a proposal online. Keep an eye out for “priority deadlines” to be considered for the next FISSEA event.

Please review the criteria for Planning Committee membership. Interested and qualified participants should email us at FISSEA [at] nist.gov (FISSEA[at]nist[dot]gov) to express interest in joining the Planning Committee. If the FISSEA Organizing Committee approves, the participant will be invited to join the Planning Committee.”

FISSEA will offer a downloadable form that is a voluntary, self-attestation of attendance and does not guarantee CEUs. It is up to the certifying body to approve the CEUs. However, previous attendees have used their attendance and form to qualify for CEUs for industry credentials such as CISSP and CEH.

US Federal government and other US-based cybersecurity professionals who are actively seeking ways to help educate Federal government information security professionals to assist them in strengthening their cybersecurity awareness and training programs. 

Upon receiving a requesting to join, the NICE Program Office and FISSEA Co-chairs will review the application and respond in a timely fashion to the applicant.

We ask that you serve for at least 2 years.

Please send an email to FISSEA [at] nist.gov (FISSEA[at]nist[dot]gov) asking for your email to be removed from the Google email list.