Additional Resources

Looking for more? The following cybersecurity-related resources and links are included for your information and convenience. Not finding what you need? Let us know – NICCS@mail.cisa.dhs.gov.

Federal Employee Resources

• CISA is thrilled to announce that Federal Cyber Defense Skilling Academy courses have returned for FY25! The Federal Cyber Defense Skilling Academy is a unique opportunity offered to full-time federal employees at no-cost, to enhance their knowledge and skills in cybersecurity. To learn more about current offerings for micro-courses and pathways, please email SkillingAcademy@cisa.dhs.gov.

NICE Framework Resources

• The Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework)
  Learn more about the NICE Framework Categories, Work Roles, Competencies, and Task, Knowledge, and Skill (TKS) statements as well as the relationships between those elements in this downloadable PDF.
• NICE Framework Components Updates Page
  Check out the NICE Framework Components v1.0.0 resource page with the updated v1.0.0 Components spreadsheet, and more information about the updated Work Role Categories, Work Roles, Competency Areas, and TKS statements.
• Summary of Changes – NICE Framework Components v1.0.0 
  Learn more about the summary of the changes made to NICE Framework Components to understand what was withdrawn, replaced, and retained from previous versions.
• NICE Framework Components v1.0.0 Mapping to 2017 version
  Review a detailed mapping of how v.1.0.0 compares to the 2017 NICE Framework Reference Spreadsheet.
• NICE Cybersecurity Resources
  Explore additional activities, programs, and other resources aligned with the mission and objectives of the NICE Framework.
• Education and Training Provider Resources 
  Visit NIST’s Resources page for more information on helping instructors, educators, administrators, and training providers in building materials, sharing information with students and learners, and more.

Cybersecurity Training Resources

• Cybersecurity Training and Exercises
  CISA offers various cybersecurity training and exercises including Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM), Industrial Control Systems (ICS), and Incident Response training courses as well as critical infrastructure exercises.
• Cybersecurity Workforce Training Guide
  CISA’s Cybersecurity Workforce Training Guide helps cyber professionals develop a training plan based on their current skill level and desired career opportunities. The Guide is downloadable, interactive, and meant to work in tandem with the Cyber Career Pathways Tool.
• CyberMission.tech
  A Department of Defense (DoD) cyber initiative with high-tech, hands-on opportunities for military personnel, Veterans, and the public.

Cybersecurity Workforce Resources

• (ISC)² Cybersecurity Workforce Studies
  Cybersecurity workforce skills gaps are growing and (ISC)² conducts research aimed at better understanding the challenges and opportunities facing cybersecurity professionals in the ever-changing 21st century workforce.
• CyberSeek
  To help close the cybersecurity skills gap, CyberSeek provides detailed, actionable data around supply and demand in the cybersecurity job market.
• CyberSkills2Work
  An online cybersecurity training program designed to help individuals launch or advance cybersecurity careers, with an emphasis on federal, state, and local government personnel, transitioning military, veterans, women, and underrepresented minorities.
• NICE Framework Workforce Video Album
  Repository of videos that help individuals better understand NICE Framework Work Roles from women who are actively working in the cybersecurity field.
• Workforce Management Guidebook - Cybersecurity is Everyone's Job
  A publication that talks about cybersecurity from every business function and aspect of an organization’s operation. It is written for a general audience who may not be knowledgeable about cybersecurity and can be read as a complete guide or by each business function as standalone guides.
• CISA Cybersecurity/IT Careers Resource Page
  A CISA resource page for job seekers with cybersecurity career information, including detailed mission areas, critical cybersecurity skills and work roles, cybersecurity workforce communities, hiring events, and more.