Of the NICE Framework I would want to focus my career on the Operate and Maintain category as well as the Protect and Defend category. Operate and Maintain includes specializations such as Technical or customer Support, system administration and System analysis. I am interested in all of these areas, also as it stands I have worked in customer support and that often involved some technical support as well. Technical and customer support typically involves helping someone through fixing an issue, such as how to fix a problem on a computer. I enjoyed being able to help others solve their problems, the gratitude expressed to me was one of the biggest rewards. System administration involves tasks such as installations, troubleshooting, and ensuring confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Systems analysis involves finding and implementing strategies to help an organization run smoothly. These are all vital roles within a given company that I would enjoy just as equally.
Nextly, within the Protect and Defend category there are two specializations I find to be especially intriguing. Those being cyber defense analysis and cyber defense infrastructure support. Being a cyber defense analysis entails identifying and analyzing flags within a system to ensure data is secure from threats. To work in cyber defense infrastructure support would include testing and implementing hardware and software necessary for managing a defense service provider. There are copious amount of specializations to choose from in the NICE framework for cybersecurity. All roles are important and play a vital role to an organization however the specializations I have listed are the most interesting for what I aspire to have as a career.