NICE Community Coordinating Council

Meeting Agenda

December 1, 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. Industry Co-Chair – Jon Brickey, Senior Vice President, Mastercard

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

Governors University

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

III. Standing Items

a. Report Roundup – Learning from Good Ideas

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Cybersecurity

Presented by Robert Taj Moore, Director, Aspen Cybersecurity Group, Aspen Digital

URL:

https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Diversity-Equity-a

nd-Inclusion-in-Cybersecurity_9.921.pdf

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

Security Awareness Training

Presented by Jordana Siegel, Cybersecurity and Data Protection Public Policy at Amazon

Web Services (AWS)

URL: https://learnsecurity.amazon.com/

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

Hiring Toolkit: Cyber Security Analyst

Presented by Jacob Vigil, Senior Manager, Employer Initiatives, Markle Foundation

URL:

https://www.markle.org/sites/default/files/Hiring-Toolkit-Cyber-Security-Analyst.pdf

d. Research Review- Driving Research on Effective Practices

Best Practices for Diversity and Inclusion Report

Presented by Diann Mccants, Ph.D., Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for

Research and Engineering

IV. Working Group Updates

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

Lead: Marian Merritt, Deputy Director and Lead for Industry Engagement, NICE

V. Community of Interest Updates

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

c. K12 Cybersecurity Education

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

Buchanan, Secure Decisions; Thomas Trevethan, Palo Alto Networks

d. NICE Framework Users

Karen Wetzel, Manager of the NICE Framework

VI. Project Progress Reports

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

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

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

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

Presented by Paola Hechavarria, Florida International University

URL: https://niceconference.org/

VII. Featured Topic

CyberSeek Updates

Presented by Randi Parker, Senior Director, Public Advocacy, CompTIA

URL: https://www.cyberseek.org/

VIII. Closing Remarks and Next Meeting Reminder

The next NICE Council Meeting will be January 26, 2022, at 3:30 p.m. ET.