Cybersecurity Competency Model Clearinghouse in US – It incorporates competencies of the National Cybersecurity Workforce Framework (NCWF)

Cybersecurity Competency Model

The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) worked with the Department of Homeland Security and more than 20 federal departments and agencies that make up the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) to develop a comprehensive competency model for the cybersecurity workforce. Technical and subject matter experts from education, business, and industry also contributed to the model’s development.

The Cybersecurity Competency Model defines the latest skill and knowledge requirements needed by individuals whose activities impact the security of their organization’s cyberspace. The model incorporates competencies identified in the NICE National Cybersecurity Workforce Framework (NCWF) and complements the Framework by including both the competencies needed by the average worker who uses the Internet or the organization’s computer network and those needed by cybersecurity professionals.

The NCWF is a reference resource for identifying, recruiting, developing and maintaining cybersecurity talent. The framework provides a common language to categorize and describe cybersecurity work that will help organizations build a strong labor force to protect systems and data. The NCWF was developed by the NIST-led National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) with strong leadership from the U.S. Departments of Defense and Homeland Security and is the culmination of many years of collaboration between industry, government and academia.

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In 2019, the Cybersecurity Competency Model was revised to bring it into alignment with the Categories, Specialty Areas, and Work Roles in the new NCWF released in 2017. The revisions also incorporated foundational workplace health and safety skills from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s (NIOSH) Safe • Skilled • Ready Workforce Program designed to help protect America’s workforce and create safe, healthy, and productive workplaces. For more information, download the Summary of Changes.

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