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.
Mapping of the National CyberWatch Center’s Curriculum to National Workforce Competency Requirements
In the fall of 2016, the first project of the National CyberWatch Center Curriculum Standards Panel was launched, also known as the Cybersecurity Core Curriculum Mapping Project. This project involved eight online working sessions with synchronous and asynchronous activities, with over 100 faculty, industry professionals, and government representatives completing various tasks to determine the requirements to successfully complete five National CyberWatch Center courses.
View the full resource HERE.
Community College Cyber Summit (3CS) Call for Host College
The 3CS Steering Committee is looking for host colleges for the Community College Cyber Summit (3CS) in August 2022 and beyond. A candidate community college must be a Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education (CAE-CD). The college must offer at least 8 computer labs for breakout sessions, at least 10 classrooms, and conference facilities for 600 visitors. Hotel accommodations, accessibility to transportation, and local attractions are also considerations. The host college is not compensated, though 3CS does reimburse the host for out-of-pocket expenses such as food services.
Serving as the host college offers national and regional visibility to your cybersecurity program and enhances the college’s reputation as a leader in this field. 

If your college wishes to be considered as a host college, please submit the form HERE.
National Cybersecurity Student Association CyberXL Games
The National Cybersecurity Student Association is hosting another summer CyberXL series! Challenges will be released every Monday for four weeks through email, Facebook and Twitter for students to solve as individual participants. Challenges will range from easy to advanced and keep students cyber skills fresh all summer. Those that submit the correct answer will have their name put into a weekly prize drawing for a $25 Amazon Gift Card.
Learn more about the CyberXL games HERE.
Call for Chapter Development Director
The National Cybersecurity Student Association is seeking an Academic Faculty member to take on the role of Chapter Development Director to support the efforts of the Student Association's Student Chapters. The Chapter Development Director will collaborate with students, academia, government, and industry professionals while helping support and grow the program. All candidates must be Academic Members of the National CyberWatch Center. Submissions close June 30. Email info@cyberstudents.org with questions.
View more information and apply 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.
Military Spouses in Cybersecurity Follow-Up Webcast
Join the National Cybersecurity Student Association on Wednesday, June 9 at 7pm ET for a follow-up chat to the Military Spouses in Cybersecurity webcast. The webcast hosted a dynamic panel of professionals from the Student Association, Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS), Excelsior College, Fortinet, and military spouses who all shared their resources, stories, inspiration, opportunities, and more!

Watch the recorded webcast HERE.
Register for the June 9 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.
Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Video Album
The NICE Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity is a resource that describes the work and roles in the cybersecurity profession. WiCyS wants to illustrate these careers with a video album of women actively working. The NICE Framework WiCyS Video Album will feature members serving in these work roles through a brief interview. This will promote more awareness of jobs, highlight under-represented people in cybersecurity, and allow young girls to see and hear from positive role models. 
Learn more and submit HERE.
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