Nine Years and Counting: NICE RAMPS Communities Keep Expanding Opportunities in Cybersecurity Work and Learning

A lot has changed in America’s cybersecurity workforce development ecosystem since 2016: employment in cybersecurity occupations has grown by more than 300,000 [1]; the number of information security degrees awarded annually has more than tripled to nearly 35,000 [2]; and a wide array of new technologies and risks have emerged. Five regional cybersecurity workforce partnerships supported by the 2016 RAMPS program pilot, administered by NIST’s NICE Program Office, have weathered the changes in cybersecurity and continue to anchor cybersecurity talent networks in their communities to this day

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#### Michael Prebil

Michael Prebil is a Cybersecurity Workforce Analyst for NICE at NIST, supporting the development, improvement, and implementation of the NICE Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework).

Previously, he was a senior policy analyst at New America’s Center on Education & Labor, where he focused on issues related to apprenticeship, community colleges, and job quality. In that role, Michael studied credentialing and work-based learning programs and policies, and provided technical assistance for states and cities implementing career pathways across a variety of fields, including cybersecurity and IT.

Michael received his undergraduate degree in history from McGill University, and a graduate certificate from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. He has also studied at the Community College of Baltimore County and is currently pursuing a graduate degree in statistics at the City University of New York’s Hunter College.

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