ATE Impacts 2020-2021

Skill Up to Scale Up Mitigates Skills Gap A major contributor to the cybersecurity labor shortage is the lack of mature information security capabilities among the incumbent information technology (IT) workforce. When properly educated and mentored, incumbent technicians can be transitioned into high-skill cybersecurity specialist responsibilities. To deploy the institutional knowledge of incumbent IT technicians with up-to-date cybersecurity tactics, techniques, and procedures, NCC launched Skill Up to Scale Up in 2019. This accelerated learning program leverages NCC's competency-based, assessment­ driven, and accelerated performance training systems. By raising the information security capability of incumbent technicians, these individuals are able to Cybersecurity students talk with potential employers at the Community College Cyber Summit (3CS) Student Job Fair. mentor entry-level workers and pre-apprentices. NCC industry partners have identified strengthening incumbent technicians' skills and improving how novices start as essential for the stable growth National Cybersecurity League Participation of cybersecurity career pathways. Cybersecurity Skills Journal Aims to Raise Workforce Capability National CyberWatch's Cybersecurity Skills Journal: Practice and Research (CSJ) is the world's first double-blind, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the scholarly analysis of cybersecurity education and 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 939 978 0 1,000 1,368 2,153 2 759 I 1 891 3,461 3,350 5,065 5,759 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 Number of Participants* • Spring Season • Fall Season professional practice. Its free, open source articles are supplemented with practice artifacts, such as lab exercises, that can be purchased. 77