The National Initiative For Cybersecurity Education (NICE) will host its third annual Shaping the Future of Cybersecurity Education Workshop at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) located in Gaithersburg, MD. The NICE Initiative is focused on enhancing the overall cybersecurity posture of the United States by accelerating the availability of educational and training resources designed to improve the cyber behavior, skills, and knowledge of every segment of the population.

2012 Workshop Information

• DRAFT Agenda


• Registration is Now Open


• Call for Student Poster Sessions

Past Workshop Information

• 2011 Workshop Website

NICE is a national campaign designed to improve the cyber behavior,skills, and knowledge of every segment of the population, enabling a safer cyberspace.

DRAFT National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education Strategic Plan

The draft National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education Strategic Plan is available. The plan outlines the goals of NICE as well as the objectives and strategies NICE will implement to achieve its goals. The partner agencies that comprise NICE are hard at work to address the Nation’s cybersecurity education needs. Together, in partnership with our public and private stakeholders, NICE will make a difference.

NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

The draft "National Cybersecurity Workforce Framework " is available, click the text in bold to go to the Framework page for more information. Later this year, an updated version of the framework will be published and framework rollout efforts will be described.

NIST hosting ICT Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) Workshop on Oct 15-16, 2012.

8th Annual IT Security Automation Conference (ITSAC) being held in Baltimore Oct 3-5, 2012

Cybersecurity Awareness

Keep a Clean Machine - Keeping your Internet-connected devices free from malware and infections makes the Internet safer for you and more secure for everyone.

FCC Launches the Small Biz Cyber Planner

FTC Halts Massive Tech Support Scams

National Science Foundation Solicitation: The Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) program seeks proposals that address cybersecurity from one or more of three perspectives: Trustworthy Computing Systems, Social, Behavioral and Economics, and Transition to Practice, as well as proposals that combine multiple perspectives.

Cybersecurity Education

NSA Announces New Program to Prime College Students for Careers in Cyber Ops