• a NIST blog Rodney Petersen has served as the Director of NICE at the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) for the past eleven years where his focus has been on advancing cybersecurity education and workforce development. • He will be retiring from federal government service at the end of the 2025 calendar year. • Prior to his role at NIST, he has worked in various technology policy and leadership roles with EDUCAUSE and the University of Maryland. • The NICE program, led by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the U.S. • Department of Commerce, has its origins in the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI) established by President George W. • Bush in January 2008.
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- Rodney Petersen, who has led NIST’s National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) for eleven years, will retire from federal service at the end of 2025. Under his direction, NICE evolved from a 2008 initiative aimed at strengthening the federal cybersecurity workforce into a national program that coordinates education, training, and career pathways across government, industry, and academia. The program’s successive strategic plans have broadened its scope to include related technical fields, fostered a diverse stakeholder community, and addressed skills gaps through modernized talent‑management processes. Petersen’s departure marks the end of a pivotal era for the program’s continued influence on U.S. cybersecurity workforce development.
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