NICE Working Group

Meeting Agenda

Date: September 23, 2020 Time: 3:30 p.m. ET

Adobe Connect session: https://nist-nice.adobeconnect.com/nicewg/

SharePoint Page: https://nistgov.sharepoint.com/sites/NICEProgram/NICEWG

I. Introduction and Ground Rules

II. Opening Remarks

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

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

III. Standing Items 

a. Strategy Stories – New Developments that Align to NICE Strategy

Presenter: Teresa Thomas, Program Lead, Neurodiverse Talent Enablement, The 

MITRE Corporation 

Topic: Neurodiversity in the Cybersecurity Workforce

NICE Strategic Plan Goal 2.4: Grow creative and effective efforts to increase the 

number of women, minorities, veterans, persons with disabilities, and other 

underrepresented populations in the cybersecurity workforce 

b. Report Roundup – Learning from Good Ideas

Presenter: Laura Bate, Director, Cyber Engagement, Cyberspace Solarium 

Commission

Topic: Cyberspace Solarium Commission White Paper #3: Growing a Stronger 

Federal Cyber Workforce 

URL: https://www.solarium.gov/public-communications/pandemic-white-paper

c. Metric Moment – What Gets Measured Gets Done 

Topic: Recent Changes to Cybersecurity Education, Training, and Workforce 

Development 

IV. Project Spotlight 

Presenter: Laurin Buchanan, Secure Decisions, NICE K12 Co-chair 

Topic: K12 Subgroup Curriculum Review & Repository Project

V. Subgroup Updates 

a. Apprenticeship

Tony Bryan, Executive Director, CyberUp; or, Jennifer Oddo, Program Manager, 

External Workforce and Apprenticeship Initiatives, IBM 

b. Collegiate
Denise Kinsey, University of Houston; or Denise Ferebee, LeMoyne-Owen College 

c. Competitions

Amelia Phillips, Highline College; or Brad Wolfenden, EmberSec 

d. K12

Terrance Campbell, CCTE Cybersecurity Teacher - Shelby County Schools; or 

Laurin Buchanan, Secure Decisions; or Patrick Schultz, National Business 

Professionals of America, Director of Technology Integration 

e. Training and Certifications

John McCumber; or Jim Boardman, Academy Training Engineer, Cybersecurity 

Academy, Palo Alto Networks 

f. Workforce Management

Susie Cone, IT Consultant; or Karen Jensen, Saaby Consulting; or Kevin Perry, Chief 

Cyber Training, DoD Cyber Crime Center/Cyber Training Academy

VI. Project Progress Reports 

a. National Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week 

Presenter: Davina Pruitt-Mentle, Academic Liaison, NICE 

URL: https://www.nist.gov/itl/applied-cybersecurity/nice/events/nationalcybersecurity-career-awareness-week

b. NICE Annual Conference 

Presenter: Randy Pestana, Florida International University

URL: https://niceconference.org/

c. NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference 

Presenter: Felicia Rateliff, Director of Operations and Programs, iKeepSafe 

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

d. CAE Community

Presenter: Tony Coulson, California State University, San Bernardino

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

VII. Featured Topic

Presenter: Chris Paris, Senior Advisor, Department of Veterans Affairs 

Topic: Federal Cyber Career Pathways Tool 

URL: https://niccs.us-cert.gov/workforce-development/cyber-career-pathways 

VIII. Summary of Action Items

IX. Next Meeting Reminder

The Next NICE Working Group meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, October 28, 2020