The focus of my career:

The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) workforce framework is the organization and standards within the cybersecurity workforce. These standards are in place to help provide common grounds for network safety and how behavior is conducted. Within this framework there are many different focus areas. I feel that I would focus my career on the following: Investigate and Analyze.

Investigate I find an interest in the research aspect of cybersecurity. Identifying cyber issues and reporting on crime related incidents can help to generate and enforce security measures. There is an endless list of directions my career may take within this role. I find myself leaning toward vulnerability assessment and exploitation analyst – diving further into the psychological perspective. Understanding motive and the reasoning behind malicious cyber activity can help organizations minimize risk and reinforce provisions.

Analyze This goes hand-in-hand with the investigation aspect of NICE. Analyzing and delivering accurate and informative reports can assist in understanding threats and the other vulnerabilities and weaknesses that are present. There is value in evaluating and examining the attack strategies in order to strengthen the defense strategies.