National CyberWatch Communicator

LAST CALL for Innovation Submissions

The National CyberWatch Center is looking for passionate educators who love teaching cybersecurity in their own unique style. Instructors from K-12, community colleges and universities are encouraged to submit their innovative programs and events to not only grow an inventory to help educate the next generation of cybersecurity professionals, but also to be publicized and earn awards. Winners will be chosen within one of four categories: Evidence-Based Strategies, Instruction, Practice and Program Development. Deadline is Feb. 16.

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Call for Proposals

Share your cybersecurity expertise and experience with others! The 2020 Community College Cyber Summit (3CS) is looking for proposals for breakout sessions for its upcoming event Aug. 4-6 at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio. Entries can vary in length from half day, one day to one-, two- or three-hours and should fit into one of five tracks: Evidence-Based, Instruction, Practice, Program Development and Student. Proposals are due March 15.

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Webcast on IBM Curricular Resources for the Classroom

Join Heather Ricciuto, academic outreach leader at IBM Security, on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2-3 p.m. ET for a tour of the varied IBM resources available: course materials, open badges, how-to videos, and hands-on labs for educators and students.

For more information or to register, visit HERE .

National Security Agency | Cybersecurity Information: Mitigating Cloud Vulnerabilities

While careful cloud adoption can enhance an organization’s security posture, cloud services can introduce risks that organizations should understand and address both during the procurement process and while operating in the cloud. Fully evaluating security implications when shifting resources to the cloud will help ensure continued resource availability and reduce the risk of sensitive information exposures. To implement effective mitigations, organizations should consider cyber risks to cloud resources, just as they would in an on-premises environment.

This document divides cloud vulnerabilities into four classes (misconfiguration, poor access control, shared tenancy vulnerabilities, and supply chain vulnerabilities) that encompass the vast majority of known vulnerabilities.

View the document HERE .

Cybersecurity Skills Journal: Practice and Research Special Issue on the NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework

The NICE Framework was published as NIST Special Publication 800-181 in August 2017. NICE intends to review and update the Framework during 2020. In partnership with NIST, the Cybersecurity Skills Journal is seeking manuscript ideas and drafts that examine the usefulness, benefits, and challenges associated with the adoption, adaptation, or extension of the Framework in cybersecurity practice, to improve learning, and advance the state of cybersecurity capability maturity.

Submitted abstracts may address any aspect of the NICE Framework, though emphasis should be placed on empirical support for effective awareness, application, and impact of the NICE Framework in enhancing the cybersecurity capability maturity of the entrant, extant, or future workforce. Prospective authors are encouraged to review the anticipated usage and extensions of the NICE Framework documented on pages 2-4 and 7-10 of the NIST Special Publication 800-181.

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Get your questions ready…

The National Cybersecurity Student Association (NCSA) will have a Q&A for cybersecurity students on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 8 p.m., ET. The purpose of this session is to provide an open forum where students can ask questions on any topic: pentesting, building a test lab, professional certifications, building your brand, and more.

Cybersecurity Concept Inventory

The Cybersecurity Assessment Tools (CATS) Project is seeking instructors to administer its online draft educational Cybersecurity Concept Inventory (CCI) in their intro. cybersecurity classes. Experts are also wanted to review the CCI. With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and approval from the Univ. of MD, Baltimore County's (UMBC) Institutional Review Board (IRB), the project team is performing large-scale validation of the CCI (1,000 students), which assesses student conceptual understanding of core cybersecurity concepts, for the purpose of measuring the effectiveness of educational approaches.

For more information, please contact Seth Poulsen at sethp3@illinois.edu .

Registration for NCL starting soon!

Get ready to put all your cybersecurity skills to the test in the National Cyber League (NCL). This offensive and defensive puzzle-based, capture-the-flag style cybersecurity competition is a virtual training ground for high school and college students. Participants will work on a number of challenges to demonstrate and improve their skills. Registration opens Feb. 10.

Learn more about NCL HERE .

Orchestrating Various Roles to Uplift Security at Acquisitions

Join the next Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) webinar on “Orchestrating Various Roles to Uplift Security at Acquisitions” on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 3 p.m., ET. Ruchi Shah, senior security engineering manager at Google, will lead this hourlong presentation. She will discuss what Google security worries about when acquiring or starting a company and how the different security roles sync for success.

Visit HERE for more information or to register.