NICE Working Group
 

Meeting Minutes
 

Date: 9/28/2016 Time:	3:30 PM	EST
 

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I. Roll Call and Ground Rules

•	 Danielle Santos, NICE Program Manager, welcomed members to the

meeting.	Danielle informed members that	the fall edition of the NICE

eNewsletter was published on 9/27. Sign up to receive the eNewsletter

here:

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opic_id=USNISTCSRC_29

•	 During this meeting the Adobe Connect	chat	box feature should be

utilized to provide feedback and ask questions.

•	 Danielle noted that	participation in the NICE Working Group (NICEWG) is

not	intended for advertising and promotional purposes and to keep this

in mind when participating and using the chat	feature.

II. NICE	Program	Office Updates

•	 Rodney Petersen, Director of NICE, thanked members for	joining.	With

the new academic year and a	new government	fiscal year it’s an exciting

time.	

•	 Shown below are examples where the Program Office continues to

achieve accomplishments assisting and funding grants.

o	 Last	year, funding for	CompTIA, in partnership with Burning Glass,

for the development	of a	cybersecurity jobs heat	map showing	

demand and supply,	will be	renewed.	The	roll out	is	scheduled	

during the NICE conference.

o	 Provide support	for the National K-12	conference.

o	 For a	second year, support	for the CAE	cybersecurity community

meeting scheduled for the day after the NICE conference.

o	 Continue the cooperative agreement	with LifeJourney supporting

the NICE conference.

o	 RAMPS - topic is listed in the agenda	below.

o	 Continue activities at	the federal and state government	level.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		

		

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	

•	 The Capital National Action Plan (CNAP)	lays out	the presidents’ fiscal

year budget	proposal. There are recommendations to increase

cybersecurity education.	General (retired) Gregory J. Touhill,	the first	

Federal Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), was recently named.

OPM	and OMB work on goals and objectives on workforce strategy such	

as the talent gap federal IT.

•	 At	the state level, Virginia	Governor Terry McAuliffe unveiled the Meet	

the Threat	initiative. Click here for more information:

http://ci.nga.org/cms/home/ci1617/index.html

•	 Next	week in Boston, there is a	series of town meetings and a	summit	

talking about	defense, education,	and workforce.	Rodney will be present	

and speaking about	CAE. Next	Tuesday Rodney will brief the big seven to

let	them know about	NICE and its partners.

•	 October is National Cyber	Security Awareness month. We’re particularly

focused on the second	week theme Cyber	from	Break Room to the Board

Room.

III. Opening Remarks

•	 Industry Co-Chair Andre Thornton thanked members for their spirit	of

collaboration. This monthly call provides members the opportunity to

connect	and collaborate with the group. Andre also encourages members

to attend the upcoming NICE conference in Kansas City.

IV. Standing	Items

a.	 Fun Facts - Kristin Judge, National Cyber Security Alliance, spoke about	“5	

Ways Agencies Can Prepare for Cyberattacks.”

o	 Lock down your login was announced today. This is a	publicprivate campaign designed to enable every American to better

secure their online accounts through the use of strong

authentication.

o	 This	fun facts article originates from	NEXTGOV magazine which

talks about	the National Cybersecurity Action Plan (CNAP)

announced in February.	The U.S. federal budget	proposal,	which

would go into effect	in early 2017, increases cybersecurity

spending	by	35	percent.	

o	 This article names 5 key steps for gauging the health of an

organization. Many of these topics share subject	matter within

our	workgroups.

§ Undertake a	risk assessment. Try to teach folks within an

organization about	safeguards.

§ Devise cybersecurity strategy.
	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	

		

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	

		

	 	 	 	 	

§ Take an intelligence-led	analytics approach to data	

security. There is a	connection between analytics and swift	

response.

§ Increase stakeholder collaboration. About	2/3 of

organizations are being hacked. It	is important	to educate

employees and citizens and understand roles.

§ Invest	in cybersecurity talent. 42% of enterprise security

professionals feel they have insufficient	budgets and are

not	equipped.

o	 The hope is that CNAP will help address education and training.

Read the full article here:

http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2016/08/4-waysagencies-can-prepare-cyberattacks/131041/?oref=ng-HPriver

b.	 Report Roundup - Marian Merritt,	NICE Lead for Industry Engagement,

spoke about	“Improving Immigrant	Access to	Workforce	Services:

Partnerships, Practices & Policies.”

o	 This	report	from the Aspen institute contains information relating

to effort the NICE subgroups	focus on such as Collegiate and

Workforce Management.	

o	 The report	states that as of 2014, immigrants make up about 13%

of the total population and about	one third of this amount	are

undocumented. Immigrants are at	both ends of the education

spectrum.	There are about	20% with advanced degrees who are

not	working in their trained field. Those that	are here for

education, want	to remain and work.

o	 Workforce development	strategies can help this key segment.

One	approach is language and skill development	and job training.

Community college is a	great	place to stage this.

o	 Organizations deem immigrant	hiring risky due to lack of security

clearance.	Not	all jobs require a	clearance.	Some can get	a	

security clearance to work in state and local government. Look at	

those with green cards for targets for hire. Many organizations

can hire under the H1B system, especially in private industry.	Also	

consider	foreign students getting degrees.	Questions arise such as

do we hire? Can we	create pathways in cybersecurity for	foreign	

born?

o	 Find the full article here:

http://www.aspenwsi.org/resource/improving-immigrant-accessto-workforce-services-partnerships-practices-policies-august2016/?utm_source=WSI+-
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 		

	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 		

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 		

	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	

	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 					

	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	

		

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portunity+Final+Report&utm_medium=email

c.	 Event	Engagement – Presenter Tom Gann talked about “Closing the

Talent	Gap in Federal IT.”

o	 One of	our	senior executives from Intel Security participated in a	

recent	congressional hearing titled “Closing the Talent	Gap in

Federal IT.” Congressman Hurd and Robin Kelly (IL) worked

together to bring the right	mix of stories to tell.

o	 Emphasis was placed on the cybersecurity Scholarship for Service	

(SFS) and the idea	of expansion. This program has been active

with 64 academic institutions. About	7% of graduates will	serve	

the federal government with a	career. SFS	is	helping students

develop careers in IT and cybersecurity.

o	 The subject	of the skills gap was addressed and what	government

collaboration with the private sector can do to close it. If demand

outpaces qualified workers the job	deficit	will	be about	one

million in	the next	five years.

o	 Members of the panel also stated the government	should

consider the creation of a	Cyber National Guard program.	This

option will benefit	part	time service members with technical

training programs and new options to pay back their cybersecurity

scholarships with federal service.	

o	 Find out	more here: https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/closingtalent-gap-federal/

d.	 Strategy	Stories – Presenter Tina	Slankas, Cyber Security Canyon,	

spoke about	the Regional Alliances and Multistakeholder Partnerships to

Stimulate (RAMPS). This subject	relates to the NICE Strategic Plan,

Objective 3.3: Facilitate state and regional consortia	to identify

cybersecurity pathways addressing local workforce	needs.

o	 The Arizona	Statewide Cyber Workforce Consortium is a	recipient	

of RAMPS. This is a	consortium of businesses in	both the public

and private sectors, focused on how to increase cybersecurity

talent	in Arizona.	

o	 This consortium has bits and pieces of	the program happening in

K-12, higher education, the community, and businesses looking

for opportunities.	There are on-going efforts currently in place.

o	 Targeted applicants include those from	traditional and

nontraditional backgrounds to increase the number of skilled

workers.	We	do not	overlook people who will never be in a	

classroom.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 		

	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 		

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 			

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	

	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 		

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

o	 Efforts are being organized based on	guidelines	of	the grant.

Partners are aligned	to create graduation requirements, align CAE

criteria, and expand to 15 counties to provide opportunity and to

have consistency to hire across the state.

o	 Cyber hygiene is a	consistent	problem and the community must	

understand the internet	is not	a	safe place. Internet	awareness

must	be taught	to a	broader community.

o	 Business and workforce are identifying the pathways to onboard

necessary skills and are targeting the community to increase

workforce. Pursuing the unemployed that	have clearances and

backgrounds to transition to a	paying environment. Helping to

increase summer job opportunities and reaching out	to younger

talent	for both girls and boys.

o	 There is currently a lot	of programs and initiatives in place. We	

want	to make it	robust	and connect	the dots.

o	 See slide presentation attached and find out	more here:

http://csrc.nist.gov/nice/ffo/index.html

e.	 Metric Moment - Dan Stein, Department	of Homeland Security,	

discussed metrics on the Federal Virtual Training Environment	(FedVTE).

o	 The Federal virtual training environment, managed by DHS, is a	

free	online,	on-demand training program providing enterprise

wide	cybersecurity training.

o	 Upon development, the question of scope arose. How many

cybersecurity jobs	are in the government? How many vacancies

do	we need to fill? The	numbers were artificially low.

o	 There is a	focus on state, local, tribal, and territorial and a	need to

support	our veterans looking to transition. Permission was

extended to include veterans in using this training environment.

o	 Currently there are over	134,000 users.	There is an average of 500

veterans signing up each month. This past	month there was an

uptick due to the VA	posting a	blog on	veterans utilizing the

training environment.	The	increase	in	users	was over 500% above

the monthly average and now there are over	14,000	veterans

with access.	

o	 Training courses are accessible online,	prerecorded, and available

on demand. We are very pleased with the success and would	like

to see this continue. Click here to learn more: https://niccs.uscert.gov/training/fedvte
	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

		

	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	

			

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 		

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

			

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 			

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 		

o	 As a	reminder, National Cyber Security Awareness occurs	in	

October. For more information click here:

https://www.dhs.gov/national-cyber-security-awareness-month

V. Subgroup	Updates

a.	 K-12	

o	 Davina	Pruitt-Mentle informed members that	the project	teams

have been hard at	work and hope to have their first	deliverables

ready for the NICE Conference in November. The deliverables will

come in the forms of a	project	directory, a	one-pager, and white

papers.

b.	 Collegiate

o	 Barbara	Endicott-Popovsky, University of Washington, informed

members that	there has been a	little progress since the last	NICE

Working Group meeting.

o	 Six	members were added which provides the subgroup a	broader

reach.

o	 The	subgroup has adapted two of NICE strategic objectives into

project	teams. The first	is objective 1.1 (qualified workers):

Stimulate the development	of approaches and techniques that	

can more rapidly increase the supply of qualified cybersecurity

workers. The second is objective 3.4 (workforce management):

Promote tools that	assist	human resource professionals and hiring

managers with recruitment, hiring, development, and retention of

cybersecurity professionals.

o	 Casey O’Brian, the collegiate subgroup co-chair, has had one

meeting with the first	(qualified workers) project	team. The

second (workforce management) project	team has yet	to meet.

There will be opportunities to collaborate between the two

teams.

o	 Barbara	reported that	she is doing work that	will feed the

workforce management	project	team with respect	to making

students ready for the workforce faster. One of the questions

they are testing is whether the lag time is specific to industry/and

or company or is this a	reflection of the time it	takes to get	up to

speed in cybersecurity.

o	 The group has also identified additional project	team topics to

take under advisement, such as: job fairs, minorities in

cybersecurity education, pathways, and supply of faculty to teach

cybersecurity. All of these topics relate to expanding the supply of

students coming up to workforce acceptability.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 			

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	

		

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 			

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 				

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 			

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

o	 One of Casey’s concerns is that	accreditation from two year

institutions are often not	acceptable for jobs in particular areas

such as the government.

o	 Rodney Petersen noted that	the opening keynote speaker during

the NICE Conference will speak to the theme of re-wiring the

labor market	speaking more to skills and abilities.

c.	 Competitions	

o	 Dan Manson noted that	October is not	only Cybersecurity

Awareness month but	is also the kick off for the Competitions

season. CyberPatriot	will have more teams than last	year. The

deadline for registration is November 6th.

o	 CyberPatriot	recently released 2.0 of their initiative. More

information can be found through their website:

http://www.uscyberpatriot.org/home

o	 The Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition kick off is this

weekend.

o	 CSAW	is	in final stages of qualifying for CSAW CTF.

o	 The Competitions one-pager has been finalized and Danielle

Santos was thanked for her help in the effort. The	one-pager will

be useful to provide a	broad value proposition.

o	 The Competitions white paper is wrapping up. The final draft	is

completed and will be sent	back out	to the interviewees for final

edits. The white paper will be released at	the NICE conference.

d.	 Training	and	Certifications	

o	 Linda	Montgomery informed members that	the Training and

Certifications project	teams have been very active.

o	 The Cyber Range team has completed a	one pager. The one-pager

is now being finalized and will be ready for roll-out	by the NICE

Conference.		

o	 The	Skills-based Training & Performance-Based Certification

project	team is looking at	frameworks and mapping and how

those are all being aligned under KUs and KSAs.

o	 The Supply and Demand and Training Gap project	teams recently

merged. The team is headed up by Ken Slaught. Ken has a	very

mature model for a	community and is eager to embrace the

merging of these two groups.

e.	 Workforce Management

o	 Maurice Uenuma	reported that	since last	month the group has

been finalizing the charter and naming deliverables. The group

has also been renamed ‘Workforce Management’.

o	 A few of the group’s objectives include: 1) Producing guidelines

for developing a	cybersecurity culture. It	is the hope of the team
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 			

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 		

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

		

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	

			

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 		 	 	 	 	

to provide a	way for non-technical executives to understand the

problem as the first	essential step. It will lean heavily on the NIST

cybersecurity framework to address risk functions and roles for

identifying cybersecurity functions. The team’s goal is to have a	

working model available for comment	by the annual NICE

conference. 2) Establishing a	consensus on promising, sustainable

practices directed at	an organization for improved management,

collaboration and decision making to better engage all individuals

in understanding and performing their cybersecurity riskmanagement	responsibilities and 3) encourage the use of the

NICE Framework.

o	 Some of the groups near term deliverables include: 1)	develop	

guidelines for enterprise cybersecurity, 2) develop structure, role

profiles and core “knowledge areas” used to map KSAs to

certifications, roles and academic CBE classes, and 3) inventory

and assess existing frameworks, maturity models, best	practices,

data, and analysis on human elements of cybersecurity risk.

VI. Project Progress Reports

a.	 National	K-12	Cybersecurity	Education	Conference

o	 Davina	reported that	the K-12 conference is next	week (October

6-7)	and she hopes everyone can attend. As of last	week there

were approximately two-hundred registrants which does not	

include the presenters. They are looking forward to a	robust	

conference. The agenda	can be viewed online through the

following link: http://csrc.nist.gov/nice/k12conference/index.html

b.	 NICE Annual Conference

o	 Danielle Santos reported that	the NICE conference is moving

along and is now about	a	month out. The agenda is laid out	online

for all to view. The theme is innovations to shape the

cybersecurity workforce. The NICE team hopes everyone can

attend.

o	 The	pre-conference seminars are coming together. The two will

be	running	side-by-side. One seminar is on the Workforce	

Framework and the second is around building a	cyber ready

workforce.

o	 The two seminars are not	included in the general conference

registration. They must	be registered through a	separate

registration.

o	 The conference does have an app which can be downloaded on

your phone. The app is: WHOVA
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 			

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	

o	 Additional information can be found through the following link:

https://www.fbcinc.com/e/nice/

c.	 NICE	Challenge Project

o	 James Ashley,	Project	Manager for the NICE Challenge Project	

supported by	NICE, brings the NICE Workforce Framework to life.

A new feature has been released which allows users to directly

connect	through a	web browser. The new feature reduces the

requirement	of additional software and allows the project to scale

up the number of users.	Five new challenges will be released next	

month along with re-polishing previously done content	as well as

a	fresh 2.0 version mapping for the NICE Framework 2.0. There

are currently seventy institutions registered on the site and

hundreds of registered users. The NICE Challenge project	will have

a	booth at	the NICE Conference.

o	 More information can be found through the following link:

https://www.nice-challenge.com

VII.	 Member Questions

o	 Ron Cantor inquired if the K-12	conference	presentations, notes,

etc. will be posted after the conference. Davina	stated that	they

will take the PowerPoints and materials, archive them and make

them available. Davina	also noted that	she does not	believe there

is a	plan to record the sessions this year. However, all of the

materials will be made available on the internet	after the

conference. Rodney Petersen suggested that	the K-12	subgroup

write up a	take away piece after the conference to include

observations and analysis.

o	 Steven Miller provided an update related to the Arizona	activities:

the Arizona	Chamber of Commerce developed a	cybersecurity

security analyst	pathway that	includes hiring associates degree

graduates. Cyber Watch West	is working with the chamber and

area	institutions. They have incorporated CAE criteria. More

information will be available in December when it	is rolled out.

VIII.	 Summary of Action Items – meeting notes, presentation, and URLS will be

sent	to all members. Please remember to send in events you know about	or

are planning to attend.

IX.	 Next Meeting Reminder - The next	NICEWG meeting is scheduled for

October 26, 2016. The December and November meetings will be combined

into one due to the holidays. The combined meeting will take place on

November 30th.