To help increase the visibility of the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE), the NICE Program Office issues quarterly eNewsletters. Each newsletter contains a profile of a cybersecurity practitioner to illustrate application of the NICE Framework Categories, Specialty Areas, and Work Roles.
Interviews are recorded and transcribed. Click any of the links below to listen to the audio and download the transcripts.
Tina Thorstenson
Chief Information Security Officer, Arizona State University
NICE Framework Specialty Area:
Cybersecurity Management
Carolyn Schmidt
Program Manager, Office Of Information Systems Management, National Institute of Standards and Technology
NICE Framework Specialty Area:
Training, Education and Awareness
Andy Kleinick
Detective III of Cyber Crimes Section, Los Angeles Police Department
NICE Framework Specialty Area: Cyber Investigation, Digital Forensics, Training, Education, and Awareness
Julia Chua
Manager, Risk Management Program, Office of Information Security, US Department of Health and Human Services
NICE Framework Specialty Area: Risk Management
Matthew McCollough
Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst, Minnesota IT Standards and Resource Management Security Operations Center
NICE Framework Specialty Area: Cyber Defense Analysis, Incident Response
Miguel Ramirez
IT Security and Compliance Apprentice, Department of Information Technology, State of North Carolina
NICE Framework Specialty Areas: Program/Project Management (PMA) and Acquisition, Incident Response, Vulnerability Assessment Management
Tim Nordvedt
Cyber Tools Delivery Analyst, Booz Allen Hamilton
NICE Framework Specialty Area: Technology Research and Development
Anju Chopra
Senior Vice President, Cyber Technologies, Kroll
NICE Framework Specialty Areas: Risk Management (RSK), Software Development (DEV), Systems Architecture (ARC), Technology R&D (TRD), and Systems Requirement Planning (SRP)
Gregory L. Bird
Mission Systems Branch Chief, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Infrastructure Security Division
NICE Framework Specialty Areas: Systems Requirements Planning, Program and Project Management and Acquisition
Chris Knox
Manager, Security Awareness & Analysis, CPS Energy
NICE Framework Work Roles: Cyber Instructor/Threat Analyst
Lonnie Harris
Director, Security Enterprise Engineering, Equifax, Inc.
NICE Framework Work Roles: Security Architect/Systems Developer/Cyber Defense Analyst
Wintana Girma
GRC Analyst, Third Party Risk Management,
Rush University Medical Center
NICE Framework Work Roles: Risk Management, Authorizing Official/Designating Representative and Cyber Policy and Strategy Planner
Leeza Garber, Esq.
Privacy & Cybersecurity Attorney; Co-Founder of Can. Trust. Will., LLC; Adjunct Professor at Drexel University's Thomas R. Kline School of Law (Information Privacy Law) and Guest Lecturer at The University of Pennsylvania's The Wharton School (Internet Law)
NICE Framework Work Roles: Cyber Legal Advisor, Executive Cyber Leadership, Privacy Compliance
Charles Britt
Information Systems Security Officer, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
NICE Framework Work Role: Information Systems Security Manager
Santi Kiran
Security Control Assessor, National Institute for Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce
NICE Framework Work Roles: Security Control Assessor
Eoghan Casey
Chief Scientist, DoD Cyber Crime Center (DC3)
NICE Framework Work Roles: Cyber Defense Analyst; Cyber Defense Forensics Analyst; Cyber Defense Incident Responder; Counter-Intelligence Forensics Analyst; Threat/Warning Analyst
Maril Vernon
Offensive Security Engineer
Zoom
NICE Framework Work Roles: Cyber Operator; Cyber Ops Planner; Exploitation Analyst; Security Control Assessor; System Testing and Evaluation Specialist; Vulnerability Assessment Analyst
Joshua Peebels
Security Operations Center Manager
SpearTip, LLC
NICE Framework Work Roles: Cyber Workforce Developer and Manager
Karen Ribble
IT Project Manager,
Augusta University Health
NICE Framework Work Roles: IT Project Manager
Rod Russeau
Director of Technology & Information Services,
Community High School District 99 (Downers Grove, Illinois)
NICE Framework Work Roles: Executive Cyber Leadership
Connie Bragg
Professional - Cybersecurity, AT&T
NICE Framework Work Roles: Cyber Workforce Developer and Manager, Security Architect, Security Control Assessor