NIST Shares Workforce Development, Cybersecurity Partnership Insights

NIST released a report outlining the results from a five-year pilot program for regional alliances and stakeholder partnerships, which also provides organizations with a roadmap for building their own cybersecurity partnerships and workforce. The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE), led by NIST, first awarded funding for the Regional Alliances and Multistakeholder Partnerships to Stimulate (RAMPS) Cybersecurity Education and Workforce Development program in September 2016. Across the US, the cybersecurity workforce shortages have been well-documented. Reports have shown that the impact of those shortages are heavily seen in the healthcare sector. In 2017, the Department of Health and Human Services cybersecurity task force found three out of four hospitals were operating without a designated security person.