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Change Logs
NICE Framework Change Logs | NICE Framework History
The Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework) was first published as a NIST Special Publication in 2017. But development of what was to become the NICE Framework began a decade earlier. This page shares not only about the history of the NICE Framework but also includes Change Logs that track the ongoing evolution of this resource.
NICE Framework CHange LOgs
The NICE Program Office maintains an ongoing record of implemented changes to the Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework) primary publications (NIST Special Publication 800-181 and NIST IR 8355) and association Components: Work Role Categories, Work Roles, Competency Areas, and Task, Knowledge, and Skill (TKS) statements.
See also NICE Framework Latest Updates for information about drafts and calls for comments
Visit the NICE Framework Revisions webpage for details on versioning and release processes
Have a change to request? Find out more on the Change Request FAQ.
- See also the NICE Framework Current Versions webpage
NICE Framework Components Change Log
Version | Date | Components | Changes |
1.0.0 | 5 March 2024 | All | First major revision of NICE Framework Components. Updates were made to align to 800-181 rev. 1 and the TKS Authoring Guide, and include the following updates:
The US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) plans to provide information about alignment of the March 2024 NICE Framework revisions to the original OPM cyber-position codes shortly. |
2017 (2017 components made available as a separate release – no version identifier) | November 2020 | All | First release of NICE Framework components as a separate spreadsheet. This release was made available in conjunction with the 800-181 revision 1, but the components represented here are from the original 2017 publication. |
NICE Framework Publications Change Log
Version | Date | Publication | Change(s) |
| 2023 | June 2023 | NISTIR 8355 | First publication of NIST IR 8355, NICE Framework Competency Areas: Preparing a Job-Ready Cybersecurity Workforce |
| Revision 1 | November 2020 | SP 800-181 |
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| 2017 | August 2017 | SP 800-181 | First publication of NIST Special Publication 800-181, National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Cybersecurity Workforce Framework |
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