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## Focus:

This Community of Interest is a forum for anyone who is interested in sharing and learning how to empower a public and private competition ecosystem by promoting a wide spectrum of competitions and effective practices for players, teams, schools, sponsors, organizers, and others that advances cybersecurity knowledge, skills, and competencies to grow and sustain a diverse national talent pool. The Cybersecurity Skills Competitions Community of Interest charter is available here. 

### Co-Chairs:

**David Zeichick**Assistant ProfessorComputer Science Department*California State University, Chico*

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**Jake Mihevc**Dean of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math*Mohawk Valley Community College*

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**Jessica Leung**StudentCalifornia State Polytechnic University, Pomona

**NICE Program Office staff liaison:**Danielle Santos**,** NICE Manager of Communications and Operations and Lead for International Engagement

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## become a member

Members of this Community of Interest are part of the broader NICE Community Coordinating Council and will be added to it automatically. Google Groups is used for this group as a resource for communication.
nicecompetitions+subscribe [at] list.nist.gov (Send an Email to Join )

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## get engaged

nicecompetitions [at] list.nist.gov (Share) your questions, opportunities, and leading practices with the community! If you have ideas or just want to get to know others interested in cybersecurity skills competitions, this is the place for you. 
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## meeting information

This group meets the third Friday of every month at 2:00-3:00pm ET. All meetings are held via Microsoft Teams unless otherwise indicated. 
View 2023 Meeting Schedule 

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### Active Projects: 

                  - List of Competitions  - This is intended to be a dynamic listing of cybersecurity and cybersecurity-related competitions. 

### Completed Projects:

**The Cyber Range: A Guide**

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This document intends to provide guidance on the use cases, features, and types of cyber ranges in cybersecurity education, certification, and training.**

Project Deliverable: The Cyber Range: A Guide (September 2023)

**How to Build and Run a Competition**

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This is intended to be a basic guidebook on how to create your own competition. It is a living, breathing document that can be updated as things change. Version one will serve as a starting point. View the full project charter here. 

Project Deliverable: So You Want to Build a Cybersecurity Competition: 12 Things to Consider Before Getting Started (September 2023)

**Guide for Competitors**

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The purpose of the guide is to provide information about the types of cyber competitions, recommended tools and training, and how to get started. The intended audience for the Guide is both current competitors and also those interested in competing. View the full project charter here. 

Project Deliverable: Guide to Cybersecurity Competitions for Competitors (September 2023)

### Accomplishments: 

                  - Presentation at the 2018 NICE Conference and Expo, " Play Your Way to Success: Building Tomorrow's Workforce " 
                  - Competitions  one-pager   
                  - Development of the  Role that Cybersecurity Games Play in Developing Tomorrow's Workforce  –  white paper
                  - Competitions research survey
                  - Ten Things Parents Need to Know About Competitions  letter 
                  - Ten Things to Know About Cybersecurity Competitions infographic
                  - Cybersecurity Competitions List
                  - The Value of Cybersecurity Competitions  panel  ( see recording )

### Active Programs

                  - Recent Competition Podcasts on the YouTube  CyberFed channel :	                     - Bill Doherty, Computer Science Instructor, University of Nevada, Reno - July 23, 2020
                    - Mari Galloway, CEO, Women's Society of Cyberjutsu - July 20, 2020
                    - Lisa Oyler, Teacher, Summit Technology Academy - July 11, 2020
                    - Brad Wolfenden, EmberSec, NICE Competitions Subgroup Co-chair - June 30, 2020

See more Competition Podcasts on the YouTube CyberFed channel

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