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criminals and advocates looking out for
the right to privacy in the digital age.
Above all, cybersecurity professionals
are team players, because the many
workplaces that rely on IT systems need
expertise in all of these functions — and
more. The possibilities are awesome!
The National Initiative for Cybersecu-
rity Education (NICE) was created in
2010. NICE oversees the Cybersecurity
Workforce Framework, an online re-
source that maps seven fundamental
functions and capabilities any cyberse-
curity system needs. These functions
Cybersecurity is an industry, not
a job. Eager to test your coding
skills as a “white hat” hacker?
Curious about how data banks are orga-
nized and protected? Concerned about
who holds our personal information?
Cybersecurity professionals are
detectives, figuring out how break-ins
occurred and “who done it.” They are
doctors, curing IT systems attacked
by malicious viruses. They may be
librarians, organizing information so
that it is accessible. Cybersecurity
professionals are prosecutors of cyberILLUSTRATIONS
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embrace many different jobs. NICE also
manages CyberSeek, an interactive and
expanding website that details jobs and
what they require in education, training,
and certification.
Check out the Cybersecurity Workforce
Framework detailed on the next pages
and go to CyberSeek.org. Because some
functions overlap, if you start in one job
area you generally can add some training
to shift to another. In cybersecurity,
being multi-talented is a plus! Use this
Career Guide to learn more and pick your
path to skills training and education.
types of careers