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2018 Accomplishments
| Communication and Visibility | Events | Projects | Grants | Strategic Outreach and Engagement |
NICE eNewsletters
- Winter - published January 31, 2018
- Spring - published April 10, 2018
- Summer - published June 26, 2018
- Fall - published September 26, 2018
- Winter 2018-19 - published December 18, 2018
- See all NICE eNewsletters here
One Pagers
- New
- Updated
- See all NICE One Pagers here.
ITL Science Day Poster
Multimedia
- Interviews with NICE Summer Students 2018
- Innovations in Cybersecurity Education, Training, and Workforce Development
- See all NICE Multimedia here.
Exhibits and Displays
- RSA Conference
- Women in Cybersecurity Conference (WiCyS)
- Federal IT and Cybersecurity Talent Summit
- National Cyber Summit
- Colloquium for Information Systems Security Educators (CISSE) Conference
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Security Career Day
- USPS® Cybersecurity Awareness Fair
- NICE Conference and Expo
- NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference
31st Annual Federal Information Systems Security Educators Conference
National Cyber Summit in Huntsville - Education and Workforce Track
2018 NICE Conference and Expo
2018 CAE Community Symposium
2018 National Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week
24 Hours for Better Cybersecurity Event Discussing Women in Cybersecurity
- Workshop: held November 28-29, 2018
- Publication of Results: Coming in 2019
2018 NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference
NICE Webinars
- January - Writing Cybersecurity Position Descriptions for the Greatest Impact
- February - Development of Soft Skills That Are In Demand by Cybersecurity Employers
- March - The Evolution of Cybersecurity Education and Scholarship Programs
- May - Preparing Students through Career and Technical Education and Cybersecurity Programs of Study
- June - Cybersecurity Education and Training for the Operational Technology Workforce
- July - State Governments Pursuing New Tactics in the War for a Skilled Cybersecurity Workforce
- September - AfterSchool Programs Present Opportunities to Grow the Cybersecurity Workforce
- October - The Underserved Cybersecurity Workforce - Securely Provisioning our Future
- November - Upskilling and Reskilling the Workforce for Cybersecurity Roles
- December - Encouraging Cybersecurity Career Discovery via Career Assessment Tools
- See all NICE Webinars here.
Report to the President on Workforce for Cybersecurity Executive Order - Report publicly released: May 30, 2018
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Cybersecurity is Everyone’s Job
NICE Frequently Asked Questions
CyberSeek
NICE Challenge Project
- Finalized and released the remapping of all NICE Challenge content to the updated NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework and CAE Knowledge Units.
- Major user interface overhauls to the submission review and reservation curator pages.
- Several new challenges in the Protect and Defend category released.
- Find out more about the NICE Challenge Project here
Presentations
The table below reflects the previous month's presentations. For a list of all 2018 presentations please click here.
| Presentation Title | Event | Location | Date | Presenter(s) |
| "NICE Overview" | Department of Commerce: Around the Bureaus Speaker Series | Washington, D.C. | 10/25/2018 | Rodney Petersen |
| "Cybersecurity Workforce" | National Governor's Association (NGA) Policy Academy on Implementing State Cybersecurity | Detroit, MI | 10/30/2018 | Rodney Petersen |
| "Pathways to establishing a Cybersecurity Pathway in Higher Ed" | Ohio CTE Cyber Conference | Dayton, OH | 11/2/2018 | Davina Pruitt-Mentle |
| "Cybersecurity Risk Management" | Commission on Institutional Infrastructure and Transformation of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Fall Meeting | Washington, D.C. | 11/14/2018 | Rodney Petersen |
| "Federal Efforts to Develop a Robust Cybersecurity Workforce" | Association for Career an Technical Education (ACTE) Career Tech Vision Conference | San Antonio, TX | 11/30/2018 | Davina Pruitt-Mentle |
| "Growing and Sustaining the Cybersecurity Workforce" | Sustainable Cyber Workforce Summit | Winston-Salem, NC | 12/7/2018 | Rodney Petersen |
International
- Briefings: Australia, Netherlands, Israel, Canada, Saudi Arabia
- Presentations: Canada/New Brunswick, Israel
- Seminar: International Perspectives on Cybersecurity Workforce Development
NICE Working Group
Full Working Group: 11 Monthly Meetings (January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, December)
Subgroups
- Apprenticeship Subgroup
- Collegiate Subgroup
- Competitions Subgroup
- K12 Subgroup
- Training and Certifications Subgroup
- Workforce Management Subgroup
NICE Interagency Coordinating Council
- Meetings: 10 Monthly Meetings (January, February, March, April, May, June, July, September, October, December)
- For additional information please visit here
Created February 5, 2018, Updated April 11, 2025