NICE Community Coordinating Council

Meeting Agenda

September 26, 2023 | 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 – Zarina Blankenbaker, Ph.D., President, Tarrant County College –

Northwest

b. Industry Co-Chair – Michael Alicea, Chief Human Resources Officer, Trellix 

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

III. Standing Items

a. Report Roundup – Learning from Good Ideas 

How AI-powered software development may affect labor markets

Presented by Peter Cihon, GitHub and Mert Demirer, Massachusetts Institute of 

Technology

URL: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-ai-powered-software-development-mayaffect-labor-markets/

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

All Services Personnel and Institutional Readiness Engine (ASPIRE)’s NICE Fit

Presented by Anthony Boese, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

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

Center for Certification & Competency-Based Education (C3Be)

Presented by Diane DeBacker and Julianna Marie Stockton, The University of Kansas

URL: https://c3be.ku.edu/

d. Research Review- Driving Research on Effective Practices

A Targeted Study on the Match between Cybersecurity Higher Education Offerings and 

Workforce Needs

Presented by Diane Murphy, Marymount University

URL: https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1493&context=vjs

IV. Working Group Updates
a. Promote Career Discovery

Co-chair: Karl Cureton, Council Exchange Board of Trade (CEBOT)

b. Transform Learning Process

Co-chair: Tara Wisniewski, ISC2

c. Modernize Talent Management

Co-chairs: Jo Justice, Leidos; Olesya Menon, Google

V. Community of Interest Updates

a. Apprenticeships in Cybersecurity

Staff: Marian Merritt, NICE

b. Cybersecurity Skills Competitions

Co-chair: Jake Mihevc, Mohawk Valley Community College

c. K12 Cybersecurity Education

Co-chair: Thomas Trevethan, Palo Alto Networks

d. Diversity and Inclusion

Staff: Susana Barraza, NICE

e. NICE Framework Users 

Staff: Mike Prebil, NICE

VI. Project Progress Reports

a. US Cyber Games 

Presented by Brad Wolfenden

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

b. NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference (Phoenix, Arizona) – December 4-5, 2023 

Presented by Felicia Rafeliff, iKeepSafe

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

c. NICE Conference and Expo (Dallas, Texas) – June 3-5, 2024

Presented by Cesar Cabot, Florida International University 

URL: https://niceconference.org/

VII. Featured Topic 

Building a Cybersecurity and Privacy Learning Program: NIST Releases Draft SP 800-50 Rev. 1 

Presented by Marian Merritt, NICE Deputy Director

URL: https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2023/08/building-cybersecurity-and-privacylearning-program-nist-releases-draft-sp

VIII. Closing Remarks and Next Meeting Reminder

The next NICE Community Coordinating Council Meeting will be October 24, 2023 at 3:30 p.m. 

ET.