Cybersecurity workforce: national initiative needs to better assess its performance : report to congressional requesters.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.)--Management--Evaluation.

National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.).

Public-private sector cooperation--United States--Management.

Public-private sector cooperation.

Computer industry--Employees--Training of--United States.

Computer industry.

Cyberterrorism--United States--Prevention.

Cyberterrorism.

Computer security--United States.

Computer security.

Computer industry--Employees--Training of.

Cyberterrorism--Prevention.

Management--Evaluation.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 52 pages) : color illustrations

Other Title:

National initiative needs to better assess its performance

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, 2023.

Summary:

A well-trained cybersecurity workforce is essential for government functioning. To bolster that workforce, NIST has developed the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE). This program's mission is to foster more education and training through collaborative partnerships with private industry, academia, and government agencies. This report examines (1) the actions NIST has taken through the NICE program to strengthen the cybersecurity workforce and (2) the extent to which NIST established a process to assess the program's performance. GAO is making eight recommendations to NIST to fully develop goals and performance measures, assess the program's environment and identify strategies, track reliable information and report to stakeholders on results, and use data to assess progress and identify improvement opportunities.

Contents:

Background.

NIST took actions through the NICE program to strengthen the cybersecurity workforce; selected participants noted successes and challenges.

NIST partially implemented most key practices to assess program performance.

Conclusions.

Recommendations for executive action.

Agency comments and our evaluation.

Notes:

"July 2023."

In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Cataloging and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).

"GAO-23-105945."

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource, title from PDF cover (GAO, viewed on Aug. 26, 2023).

OCLC:

1391432285