• Access Controls

    NICE Framework ID: NF-COM-001

    This Competency Area describes a learner’s capabilities to define, manage, and monitor the roles and secure access privileges of who is authorized to access protected data and resources and understand the impact of different types of access controls.

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) Security

    NICE Framework ID: NF-COM-002

    This Competency Area describes a learner’s capabilities to secure Artificial Intelligence (AI) against cyberattacks, to ensure it is adequately contained where it is used, and to mitigate the threat AI presents where it or its users have malicious intent.

  • Asset Management

    NICE Framework ID: NF-COM-003

    This Competency Area describes a learner’s capabilities to conduct and maintain an accurate inventory of all digital assets, to include identifying, developing, operating, maintaining, upgrading, and disposing of assets.

  • Cloud Security

    NICE Framework ID: NF-COM-004

    This Competency Area describes a learner’s capabilities to protect cloud data, applications, and infrastructure from internal and external threats.

  • Communications Security

    NICE Framework ID: NF-COM-005

    This Competency Area describes a learner’s capabilities to secure the transmissions, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of communications and related network infrastructures.

  • Cryptography

    NICE Framework ID: NF-COM-006

    This Competency Area describes a learner’s capabilities to transform data using cryptographic processes to ensure it can only be read by the person who is authorized to access it.

  • Cyber Resiliency

    NICE Framework ID: NF-COM-007

    This Competency Area describes a learner’s capability related to architecting, designing, developing, implementing, and maintaining the trustworthiness of systems that use or are enabled by cyber resources in order to anticipate, withstand, recover from, and adapt to adverse conditions, stresses, attacks, or compromises that use or are enabled by cyber resources.

  • DevSecOps

    NICE Framework ID: NF-COM-008

    This Competency Area describes a learner’s capabilities to integrate security as a shared responsibility throughout the development, security, and operations (DevSecOps) life cycle of technologies.

  • Operating Systems (OS) Security

    NICE Framework ID: NF-COM-009

    This Competency Area describes a learner’s capabilities to install, administer, troubleshoot, backup, and conduct recovery of Operating Systems (OS), including in simulated environments.

  • Operational Technology (OT) Security

    NICE Framework ID: NF-COM-010

    This Competency Area describes a learner’s capabilities to improve and maintain the security of Operational Technology (OT) systems while addressing their unique performance, reliability, and safety requirements.

  • Supply Chain Security

    NICE Framework ID: NF-COM-011

    This Competency Area describes a learner’s capabilities to analyze and control digital and physical risks presented by technology products or services purchased from parties outside your organization.