Community College Cyber Summit (3CS) Call for Proposals As you're wrapping up your semester, it's time to think about submitting your proposal. Share your cybersecurity expertise and experience with others! The 2021 Community College Cyber Summit (3CS) is looking for proposals for breakout sessions for its upcoming event Nov. 5-7 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 June 15. Learn more HERE.

National CyberWatch Federal Cybersecurity Apprenticeship Resource Guide, April 2021 This NSF-funded research project explored the viability of cybersecurity apprenticeships for federal agency pipeline support. Aided by close ties to the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Working Group on Apprenticeships, the project developed a deeper understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the apprenticeship model, and identified key ways to improve the adoption of apprenticeships. View the resource guide HERE.

Call for Abstracts on Diversifying the Cybersecurity Workforce Are you interested in serving the cybersecurity profession? Practitioners, scholars and educators... Do you have experiences, data, cases, or instructional designs that suggest how our nation can succeed in diversifying the cybersecurity workforce? Submit a paper proposal or draft abstract to the Cybersecurity Skills Journal: Diversifying the Cybersecurity Workforce. This publication will report systematic and rigorous investigations of the contributing causes, mediating or moderating influences, and solutions for diversifying the cybersecurity workforce. Learn more and submit HERE.

2019 Innovations in Cybersecurity Education Booklet All National CyberWatch Center members received nomination forms for the program. The form requested basic and easy-to-capture information (e.g., program name, people involved in its conception and roll out, reasons for success, and replication potential). The deadline for application submissions was June 10, 2019. Shortly after, a panel of cybersecurity educators and National CyberWatch partners reviewed these submissions, 50+ in total, and selected 5 for recognition. This reference document was created listing all nominations and the 5 winners. View the full resource HERE.

Covid-19 Student Survey Results and Discussion  Join the National Cybersecurity Student Association on May 26 at 7pm ET as they present and discuss the 2020 COVID-19 student survey results. Register for the webcast HERE.

Cybersecurity Skills Journal Call for Peer Reviewers  Interested in helping raise the capability maturity of the cybersecurity workforce? Become a peer reviewer for the Cybersecurity Skills Journal and participate in a unique, constructive review process in which large peer reviewer panels assist authors in developing their research towards a scholarly rigorous, practically relevant publication.   Additional information can be found HERE.

Collegiate Social Engineering (SE) Competition Temple University and Layer 8 Conference are partnering up again to host the 2nd Collegiate Social Engineering (SE) Competition and Training Event (completely online) from Oct 22 to 24, 2021! Undergraduate student teams from ALL fields (not limited to STEM students) are invited to participate as SE impacts everyone. Students are encouraged to assemble a team and participate. International undergraduate student teams can also compete. Applications are being accepted through June 14.

Please note that this is NOT a technical competition like the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition, Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition, etc. Given that the human factor is often leveraged in cyberattacks, and that SE is often used to conduct reconnaissance before an attack (and even to maintain a cyberattack), this event emphasizes the human element in the cyberattack/security equation. Please visit HERE for more information.

Western Academy Support and Training Center (WASTC) Virtual Faculty Development Check out the varied array of hands-on workshops available online through the WASTC. Each course is $50 and allows for one registration per week. View the event calendar HERE.

February 1 - July 31 Cybersecurity Skills Journal: Practice and Research | Call for Abstracts on Diversifying the Cybersecurity Workforce May 26 National Cybersecurity Student Association Webcast | COVID-19 Student Survey Results and Discussion, 7 pm ET June 2 or June 4 Cybersecurity Skills Journal Fellowship Program Peer Review Workshop, 4 pm ET June 9 National Cybersecurity Student Association Webcast | Military Spouses in Cybersecurity Open Chat Discussion, 7 pm ET June 15 2021 Community College Cyber Summit (3CS) Call for Proposals Close June 16 or June 18 Cybersecurity Skills Journal Paper Development Workshop, 4 pm ET July 19-22, 2021 High Impact Technology Exchange Conference (HI-TEC) September 8-10, 2021 Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) Conference November 5-7, 2021 2021 Community College Cyber Summit (3CS) Have an event you would like us to promote? Email information to info@nationalcyberwatch.org.

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