NICE Community Coordinating Council

Meeting Agenda

July 28, 2021 | 3:30-5:00 p.m. ET

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I. Introduction and Ground Rules – NICE Program Manager Susana Barraza

II. Opening Remarks

a. Academic Co-Chair - Marni Baker-Stein, Chief Academic Officer and Provost, Western

Governors University

b. Government Co-Chair - Rodney Petersen, Director of NICE

III. Standing Items (Marni facilitates)

a. Strategy Stories – New Developments that align to NICE Strategic Plan

DoL Funding for Apprenticeship Programs

Presented by Diana Elliott, Principal Research Associate, Urban Institute

b. Report Roundup – Learning from Good Ideas

The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of the Cybersecurity Skills Shortage

Presented by Erin McLean, Chief Marketing Officer, eSentire Inc.

URL: https://www.esentire.com/blog/a-perpetual-problem

c. Framework Feature – Applications and Uses of Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity

Idaho National Lab

Presented by Shane Stailey, Idaho National Lab

d. Research Review

(ISC)2 Cybersecurity Career Pursuers Review

Presented by Clar Rosso, CEO, (ISC)2

URL:

https://www.isc2.org/-/media/ISC2/Research/2021/CybersecurityCareerPursuers-Study

IV. Working Group Updates (Rodney facilitates)

a. Promote Career Discovery

Co-chairs: Roland Varriale II, Cybersecurity Analyst, Argonne National Laboratory;

Monica Gomez, Cisco

b. Transform Learning Process

Co-chairs: Richard Spires, Instructor, Learning Tree

c. Modernize Talent Management

Co-chairs: Karen Jensen, Saaby Consulting; Kevin Perry, Chief Cyber Training, DoD Cyber

Crime Center/Cyber Training Academy; Melissa Woo, Executive Vice President for

Administration, Michigan State University

V. Community of Interest Updates (Marni facilitates)
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a. Apprenticeships in Cybersecurity

Co-chairs: Tony Bryan, Executive Director, CyberUp; Jennifer Oddo Executive Director,

Strategic Workforce Education and Innovation, Youngstown State University

b. Cybersecurity Skills Competitions

Co-chairs: Amelia Phillips, Highline College; Brad Wolfenden, EmberSec

c. K12 Cybersecurity Education

Co-chairs: Terrance Campbell, CCTE Cybersecurity Teacher, Shelby County Schools;

Laurin Buchanan, Secure Decisions

d. NICE Framework Users

Karen Wetzel, Manager of the NICE Framework

VI. Project Progress Reports (Rodney facilitates)

a. Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week – October 18-23, 2021

Presented by Davina Pruitt-Mentle, Lead for Academic Engagement, NICE

URL:

https://www.nist.gov/itl/applied-cybersecurity/nice/events/cybersecurity-career-awaren

ess-week

b. NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference (Virtual) – December 6-7, 2021

Presented by Felicia Rateliff, Director of Operations & Programs, iKeepSafe

URL: https://www.k12cybersecurityconference.org/

c. NICE Conference and Expo (Atlanta, Georgia) – June 6-8, 2022

Presented by Paola Hechavarria, Florida International University

URL: https://niceconference.org/

d. Centers of Academic Excellence (CAE) in Cybersecurity Community

Presented by Tony Coulson or Amy Hysell, Cybersecurity Center, California State

University, San Bernardino

URL: https://www.caecommunity.org/

e. US Cyber Games

Presented by Jessica Gulick, CEO, Katzcy

URL: https://www.uscybergames.com/

VII. Featured Topic (Marni facilitates)

K12 Education COI K12 Roadmap

Presented by Davina Pruitt-Mentle, Lead for Academic Engagement, NICE

URL:

https://www.nist.gov/system/files/documents/2021/04/06/K12Roadmap_DRAFT_forCOI-508Co

mpliant.pdf

VIII. Closing Remarks and Next Meeting Reminder (Rodney facilitates)

The NICE Community Coordinating Council will not meet in August. The next NICE Community

Meeting will be September 22, 2021, at 3:30 p.m. ET