Cyber Career Pathways Tools and Resources

Cyber Career Pathways Roadmap (Multi-Pathway Tool)

This digital tool offers an interactive way for working professionals (cyber and non-cyber), employers, students, and recent grads to explore and build a personalized career roadmap across 52 different cybersecurity work roles.

Users can select up to five work roles to learn more about their shared skillsets, alignment to the Cyber Skill Communities, or related specialization and functions. The Cyber Career Roadmap highlights the mobility between these connection points to help you and others determine the next steps in your career progression and skillset development. The tool also offers recommended on/off-ramps (i.e. steppingstones) and secondary work roles to consider and pursue in your career roadmap.

Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity

The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity, commonly referred to as the NICE Framework, is a nationally focused resource to help employers develop their cybersecurity workforce. It establishes a common lexicon that describes cybersecurity work and workers regardless of where or for whom the work is performed. The NICE Framework applies across public, private, and academic sectors.

Cyber Career Pathways Tool

This tool presents an interactive way to explore work roles within the NICE Framework. It depicts the Cyber Workforce according to five distinct, yet complementary, skill communities. It also highlights core attributes among each of the 52 work roles and offers actionable insights for employers, professionals, and those considering a career in Cyber.

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• Resource Publication Date: 2024
• Organizational Author(s): Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Posted by: Gary Gonzalez
• Posted in: Career Pathways