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The NICE Community Coordinating Council (NICE Community) has been established to provide a mechanism in which public and private sector participants can develop concepts, design strategies, and pursue actions that advance cybersecurity education, training, and workforce development.
The NICE Community Coordinating Council is led by three co-chairs, each representing Academia, Private Industry, or Government. The current co-chairs are:
Zarina Blankenbaker, Ph.D.
President
Tarrant County College - Northwest
Michael Alicea
Chief Human Resources Officer
Trellix
Rodney Petersen
Director
NICE at the National Institute of Standards and Technology
View the full NICE Community Coordinating Council charter. View a breakdown of the NICE Community Coordinating Council roles and responsibilities.
The NICE Community meets via teleconference every fourth Tuesday of the month from 3:30PM – 5:00PM ET.
Meeting minutes and agendas can be found in the repository located here. See a full list of meeting dates throughout 2024 here.
To join the NICE Community monthly meetings and to be added to the NICE Community Coordinating Council mailing list, please send an email to NICEcommunity+subscribe@list.nist.gov.
Group | Description | Membership Process |
NICE Community Coordinating Council | The NICE Community Coordinating Council (NICE Community) has been established to provide a mechanism in which public and private sector participants can develop concepts, design strategies, and pursue actions that advance cybersecurity education, training, and workforce development. | Email NICEcommunity+subscribe@list.nist.gov |
Group | Description | Membership Process |
Modernize Talent Management | This Working Group will focus on the NICE Strategic Plan goal to Modernize the Talent Management Process to Address Cybersecurity Skills Gaps. The group will conduct an ongoing environmental scan of programs, projects, and initiatives related to this strategic plan’s goals and objectives to assess the scope and sufficiency of efforts. The group will also identify gaps where more attention and effort is needed. The group will identify strategies and tactics to implement the corresponding objectives to this goal. The group will also develop corresponding metrics to measure progress and success. | Email NICEtalent+subscribe@list.nist.gov |
Promote Career Discovery | This Working Group will focus on the NICE Strategic Plan goal to Promote the Discovery of Cybersecurity Careers and Multiple Pathways. The group will conduct an ongoing environmental scan of programs, projects, and initiatives related to this strategic plan’s goals and objectives to assess the scope and sufficiency of efforts. The group will also identify gaps where more attention and effort is needed. The group will identify strategies and tactics to implement the corresponding objectives to this goal. The group will also develop corresponding metrics to measure progress and success. | Email NICEcareers+subscribe@list.nist.gov |
Transform Learning Process | This Working Group will focus on the NICE Strategic Plan goal to Transform Learning to Build and Sustain a Diverse and Skilled Workforce. The group will conduct an ongoing environmental scan of programs, projects, and initiatives related to this strategic plan’s goals and objectives to assess the scope and sufficiency of efforts. The group will also identify gaps where more attention and effort is needed. The group will identify strategies and tactics to implement the corresponding objectives to this goal. The group will also develop corresponding metrics to measure progress and success. | Email NICElearning+subscribe@list.nist.gov |
Group | Description | Membership Process |
Apprenticeships in Cybersecurity | This Community of Interest is a forum for anyone who is interested in sharing and learning how apprenticeships work in cybersecurity-related occupations and the role of various stakeholders (government, employers, intermediaries, educational partners, and others) to build and sustain a cybersecurity apprenticeship workplace experience and corresponding learning program. | Email NICEapprenticeship+subscribe@list.nist.gov |
Cybersecurity Career Ambassadors | This Community of Interest is a forum for employers, industry representatives, labor and workforce development organizations, program sponsors, faith-based communities, educators, government agencies such as state, local, tribal, and territorial entities, non-profit and community-based organizations, and other stakeholders who are interested in sharing and learning how to best promote cybersecurity career awareness and exploration to expand and diversify the cybersecurity workforce. | Email NICEAmbassadorProgram+subscribe@list.nist.gov |
Cybersecurity Skills Competitions | This Community of Interest is a forum for anyone who is interested in sharing and learning how to empower a public and private competition ecosystem by promoting a wide spectrum of competitions and effective practices for players, teams, schools, sponsors, organizers, and others that advances cybersecurity knowledge, skills, and competencies to grow and sustain a diverse national talent pool. | Email NICEcompetitions+subscribe@list.nist.gov |
Diversity & Inclusion | This Community of Interest is a forum for anyone who is interested in sharing and learning about methods and experiences shown to effectively build and sustain a diverse, inclusive, and skilled cybersecurity workforce. | Email NICEDiversityInclusion+subscribe@list.nist.gov |
K12 Cybersecurity Education | This Community of Interest is a forum for K12 teachers, school administrators, local and state education agencies, non-profit organizations, federal agencies, institutions of higher education, and others who are interested in sharing and learning how to grow and sustain diverse students pursuing cybersecurity careers through learning experiences, exposure to career opportunities, and teacher professional development. | Email NICEk12education+subscribe@list.nist.gov |
NICE Framework Users | This Community of Interest is a forum for users (employers, learners, and education and training and credential providers) of the Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework) who are interested in sharing and learning through questions, insights, or mutual support how to apply and use the NICE Framework and its associated components in various settings. | Email NICEFrameworkUsers+subscribe@list.nist.gov |
Due to the Communities of Interest established in early 2021, these groups have been discontinued: Collegiate Subgroup and Training and Certifications Subgroup.
The NICE Program Office thanks these group members for their commitment and involvement in these subgroups. We encourage members to join one or more of the current Working Groups or Communities or Interest.