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NIST will coordinate national cybersecurity education program
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Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 00:20:17 -0500 (CDT)
http://gcn.com/articles/2010/04/30/web-nist-cyber-security-coordinator.aspx By Ben Bain GCN.com April 30, 2010 The National Institute of Standards and Technology will coordinate a nationwide cybersecurity education program recently started by the Obama administration. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said April 29 that NIST, part of the Commerce Department, would coordinate the administration's National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE). In that role, the institute will work with agencies to lead programs to bolster cybersecurity awareness, education and training, Locke said. The administration's new program expands from a federal to a national focus the cybersecurity education programs started under the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative, the administration said in a document describing NICE. The administration said the decision to expand the government's computer security education program and make NIST its overall coordinator is in response to the White House's review of cyberspace policy, released in May 2009. [...] _______________________________________________ Best Selling Security Books and More! Shop InfoSec News http://www.shopinfosecnews.org/
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