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In order to lead, champion, and sustain the development of the national cybersecurity workforce, as well as educate the citizenry, NICCS will provide an updated listing of various news stories regarding cybersecurity, as well as different events concerning cybersecurity awareness, training, education and career opportunities. This News & Events section gives users an array of resources from which they can gain more knowledge concerning cybersecurity, ranging from online to in-person resources.

The issue of cybersecurity continues to expand and grow as our nation learns to deal with upcoming issues and threats in cyberspace. In order to properly educate the citizenry, NICCS will continuously update the calendar with different events, as well as link to various news stories that will better inform the end user. 

This area is dedicated to cybersecurity news, broadly encompassing articles related to NICE/NICCS efforts (education, professionalization and workforce development), emerging threats, technology developments, and breaking research. If you have a news feed you would like to see incorporated into the NICCS Portal, please contact the NICCS Supervisory Office.

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Education News
  • Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 14:30
    Leaders of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), the world's leading university-research consortium for semiconductors and related technologies, today announced 18 new projects funded through a joint initiative to address research challenges in the design of failure-resistant circuits and systems.The three-year, $6 million collaborative program ... More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=127915&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click This is an NSF News item.
  • Monday, May 20, 2013 - 17:42
    For the first time in a national showcase setting, a group of National Science Foundation (NSF) grantees--who are funded through the Accelerating Innovation Research (AIR) program--presented to industry representatives various technologies they believe are ready for commercialization.On May 14 in Baltimore, Md., 10 investigators, whose research support came from the NSF Engineering Directorate's AIR Technology Translation program, introduced a system that uses ionic liquids to ... More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=128025&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click This is an NSF News item.
  • Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 10:00
    Cassandra Brooks is a Stanford University doctoral student with the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources.She spent two months in 2013 aboard the National Science Foundation-operated icebreaker Nathaniel B. Palmer as part of a research cruise investigating the role of dissolved organic carbon in the Ross Sea ecosystem.She--and a video she produced on the voyage--became ... More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=127959&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click This is an NSF News item.
  • Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 12:44
    The University of Chicago launched the first secure cloud-based computing system that enables researchers to access and analyze human genomic cancer information without the costly and cumbersome infrastructure normally needed to download and store massive amounts of data. The Bionimbus Protected Data Cloud, as it is called, enables researchers who are authorized by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to access and analyze data in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) ... More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=127935&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click This is an NSF News item.
  • Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 13:17
    Two fossil discoveries from the East African Rift reveal new information about the evolution of primates, according to a paper published this week in the journal Nature.Findings by scientists at Ohio University's (OU) Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and colleagues document the oldest fossils of two major groups of primates: the group that today includes apes and humans (hominoids) and the group that includes Old World monkeys such as baboons and ... More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=127930&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click This is an NSF News item.
  • Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 07:00
    The newest public health threat in Africa, scientists have found, is coming from a previously unknown source: the banded mongoose.Leptospirosis, the disease is called. And the banded mongoose carries it.Leptospirosis is the world's most common illness transmitted to humans by animals. It's a two-phase disease that begins with flu-like symptoms. If untreated, it can cause meningitis, liver damage, pulmonary hemorrhage, renal failure and death."The ... More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=127914&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click This is an NSF News item.
Awareness News

Upcoming Events

May 21 FedCTE: Risk Management
May 21
Online
Jun 10 The Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education (CISSE)
Jun 10 to Jun 13
Mobile Bay, AL
Jun 18 FedCTE: Risk Management
Jun 18
Online
Jul 27 Black Hat
Jul 27 to Aug 1
Las Vegas, NV

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