Week 1 – Journal Entry

Review the NICE Workforce Framework. Are there certain areas that you would want to focus your career on? Explain which areas would appeal the most to you and which would appeal the least.

The NICE workforce framework establishes establishes a standard approach and common language for describing cybersecurity work and learner capabilities. NICE is directly related to NIST. NIST is the activity or process, ability or capability, or state whereby information and communications systems and the information contained therein are protected from and/or defended against damage, unauthorized use or
modification, or exploitation. Considering my goal is for my career to be in cybersecurity, I would want to focus my career on almost all of the areas of NIST. NIST is basically a set of rules that companies can put in place to make sure that everything is secure and all protocols are being followed properly. If I had to choose what would appeal to me the most I would have to say security of operations in cyber space. Although nothing is unappealing to me about NIST but if I had to choose I would say having to get law enforcement involved if certain protocols do not meet necessary requirements.