PlayCyber, powered by Katzcy, delivers epic Cyber Games and Esports for fans, sponsors, and players. We are dedicated to bringing together and inspiring the very best cybersecurity athletes, building a stronger and more diverse community by delivering the world’s most exciting cyber games experience. Cyber Games are a fundamental element to developing the next generation of a diverse and well-qualified community of cybersecurity talent. Games not only help build a better workforce, but they also keep the current workforce sharp and maintain a thriving community of cyber professionals prepared for what the future might hold in cyber-attacks and possible disruptive innovations.
THE NICE PROGRAM AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (NIST). NICE focuses on efforts to close the hiring gap in the cybersecurity workforce. We are led by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the U.S. Department of Commerce, and are a partnership between government, academia, and the private sector focused on cybersecurity education, training, and workforce development.There are many ways to get involved. You can attend our events – the NICE Conference & Expo is held annually, typically in early June, and the NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference is held annually in early December. The NICE Program Office also hosts free webinars as well as monthly working group meetings. Visit our about page for more information.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is the nation’s risk advisor, working with partners to defend against today’s threats and collaborating to build a more secure and resilient infrastructure for the future. CISA leads the effort to enhance the security, resiliency, and reliability of the nation's cybersecurity and communications infrastructure.
Nightwing may be a new name, but we're no amateurs. Previously part of a leading Fortune 100 company, we became independent in 2024. When we formed Nightwing, we brought a deep set of credentials and an unfaltering commitment to the mission. For over four decades, our team has been providing some of the world’s most technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration and intelligence support services to the U.S. government on its most important missions. We intend to keep doing that -- and then some. Our nation's top intelligence and security agencies rely on us to outpace and outmaneuver the threat. Nightwing is the intelligence services company that continually redefines the edge of the possible to keep advancing our national security interests.
CACI is a $6 billion company whose mission and enterprise technology and expertise play a vital role in our national security, safeguarding our troops, and enabling our government to deliver cost-effective and high-quality support for all Americans.
Leidos is a Fortune 500® technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, civil, and health markets. The company’s 43,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $13.7 billion for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.
We reshape the digital economy so everyone — individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses — can realize their ambitions. We work to connect and power an inclusive digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company.
At Battelle, we translate scientific discovery and technology advances into societal benefits. We deliver when others can’t. We conduct research and development, manage laboratories, design and manufacture products, and deliver critical services for our clients – from multi-national corporations to small start-up organizations or government agencies. We use scientific and technological principles to create new innovations that drive our societies and economies forward. Our teams are global thought-leaders in applied science, technology, discovery and development. Our strength is rooted in our people who take on the world’s most pressing problems.
Iron Bow relies on our passionate people, long-standing partnerships, and strategic thinking to solve your most critical challenges. At Iron Bow, our people believe in a culture of transformation and that the future of technology is here to deliver clients' missions. When it comes to your cybersecurity posture, you need to stay one step ahead of adversaries. At Iron Bow, our Tactical Cybersecurity-as-a-Service offering through our elite cyberwarriors will help you prevent, defend and respond to cyber threats to protect your critical assets, data, and reputation.
Palo Alto Networks, the global cybersecurity leader, continually delivers innovation to enable secure digital transformation—even as the pace of change is accelerating. We deliver the most extensive and automated security through our core pillars: Strata, Prisma, Cortex, and Unit 42. Our solutions operate as a cohesive platform, harnessing AI to provide real-time protection for our customers. With over 85,000 customers across more than 150 countries, we're driving global impact and redefining what it means to protect our digital way of life.
Iron Bow relies on our passionate people, long-standing partnerships, and strategic thinking to solve your most critical challenges. At Iron Bow, our people believe in a culture of transformation and that the future of technology is here to deliver clients' missions. When it comes to your cybersecurity posture, you need to stay one step ahead of adversaries. At Iron Bow, our Tactical Cybersecurity-as-a-Service offering through our elite cyberwarriors will help you prevent, defend and respond to cyber threats to protect your critical assets, data, and reputation.
Dakota State University (DSU) is located in Madison, S.D. Founded in 1881, DSU offers undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral programs through its colleges of arts and sciences, business and information systems, computer and cyber sciences, and education. DSU has a special focus on the development, application, implications, and impacts of computing, information technologies and cyber security in all areas of human endeavor. DSU has received multiple Center of Academic Excellence designations in education, research and regional resource development from the U.S. National Security Agency and U.S. Department of Homeland Security. DSU is home to the Madison Cyber Labs (MadLabs®), a cyber R&D hub with labs and institutes that explore and advance technology applications, workforce development, business expansion, economic growth, and policy improvement across multiple disciplines and fields.
The U.S. Cyber Range provides cloud-based infrastructure for educators, industry, and others, allowing them to offer tailorable hands-on cybersecurity training and education in order to increase the number of skilled cybersecurity experts across all sectors.
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Launched in 1989 as a cooperative for information security thought leadership, it is SANS’ ongoing mission to empower cyber security professionals with the practical skills and knowledge they need to make our world a safer place. We fuel this effort with high-quality training, certifications, scholarship academies, degree programs, cyber ranges, and resources to meet the needs of every cyber professional. Our data, research, and the top minds in cybersecurity collectively ensure that individuals and organizations have the actionable education and support they need.
Dakota State University (DSU) is located in Madison, S.D. Founded in 1881, DSU offers undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral programs through its colleges of arts and sciences, business and information systems, computer and cyber sciences, and education. DSU has a special focus on the development, application, implications, and impacts of computing, information technologies and cyber security in all areas of human endeavor. DSU has received multiple Center of Academic Excellence designations in education, research and regional resource development from the U.S. National Security Agency and U.S. Department of Homeland Security. DSU is home to the Madison Cyber Labs (MadLabs®), a cyber R&D hub with labs and institutes that explore and advance technology applications, workforce development, business expansion, economic growth, and policy improvement across multiple disciplines and fields.
Carnegie Mellon University - Information Networking Institute
Developers and refiners, hackers and scholars, future CEOs and founders – find your spark of genius at Carnegie Mellon University's Information Networking Institute (INI). The INI offers master's degrees in information networking, security, artificial intelligence engineering -information security and mobile and IoT engineering.
Founded in 2012, the Women’s Society of Cyberjutsu (WSC) is a National 501(c)3 non-profit community, focused on empowering women to succeed in the cybersecurity industry. WSC’s mission is to advance women in cybersecurity careers by providing programs and partnerships that promote hands-on training, networking, education, mentoring, resource-sharing, and other professional opportunities. WSC serves thousands of women, men, and girls across the globe by bringing awareness to, and advancing careers in, cybersecurity. The WSC community includes information security professionals, IT professionals, programmers, computer scientists, and engineers, as well as women wanting to explore and join the field. Recognizing the importance of encouraging girls to embrace a future in STEM-related professions through its Cyberjutsu Girls Academy, WSC provides a unique hands-on curriculum focused on securing information technology.
AUSCF is a non-profit association for cyber professionals from the military, other federal agencies (e.g., DHS, FBI), and members of the civilian community and industry who also serve in the interest of national security within cyberspace. We provide education to our members, the public, the greater cyber community, and local and national lawmakers on cyber matters as it relates to U.S. national security. AUSCF advocates for positive changes to law and policy that better serve our membership and help to reduce the gaps between private and public cybersecurity efforts.
BlackGirlsHack was created to share knowledge and resources to help black girls and women breakthrough barriers to careers in information security and cyber security. The vision for Black Girls Hack (BGH) is to provide resources, training, mentoring, and access to black girls and women and increase representation and diversity in the cyber security field and in the executive suites.
The Cal Poly California Cybersecurity Institute (CCI) in San Luis Obispo, California, leads a state and national initiatives to address cybersecurity challenges. CCI's flagship program is the Space Grand Challenge (SGC), a virtual game-based cybersecurity competition for middle and high school students built by Cal Poly students. The SGC helps prepare the next generation of the cyber workforce by expanding the pipeline of talent earlier, promoting STEM, and developing cyber/IT skills.
Our mission is to achieve the consistent representation of women and underrepresented minorities in the cybersecurity industry through programs designed to diversify, educate, and empower. Cyversity tackles the ‘great cyber divide’ with scholarship opportunities, diverse workforce development, innovative outreach, and mentoring programs.
The iKeepSafe mission is to provide a safe digital landscape for children, schools, and families by supporting the protection of student privacy while advancing learning in a digital culture. To support this mission, we provide data privacy certifications to technology companies, educational resources to schools, and information to the community. iKeepSafe is the proud host of the NICE (National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education) K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference.
The Information Systems Security Association (ISSA)® is a not-for-profit, international organization of information security professionals and practitioners dedicated to advancing individual growth, managing technology risk, and protecting critical information and infrastructure. It provides educational forums, publications, and peer interaction opportunities that enhance the knowledge, skill, and professional growth of its members.
Raices Cyber Org is a Hispanic Association in Cyber Security and Technology (HACS). Founded in 2021 to support the LatinX and Hispanic community we are a fiscally sponsored 501(c)3 non-profit. "The Stronger the Roots the Stronger the Tree" is the mantra behind Raíces. Our mission is to encourage and support the Hispanic and Latino cyber and technology community to achieve greater representation in the world. We are doing that with our four main pillars. Continued support and encouragement to and from the community, education for all career levels, access to valuable resources, constructive networking and the forming of STRONG bonds ("Roots").
Our mission is to create a world where no veteran pursuing a career in cybersecurity goes unemployed. We do this, first and foremost, through a world-class community of over 5,300 veterans working in or transitioning into cybersecurity. All of them have been in the shoes of those coming after them. Then we add first-rate training resources from our strategic partners, a jobs board from companies that want your talent, and provide our members the mentorship to get there.
The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) builds strong public/private partnerships to create and implement broad-reaching education and awareness efforts to empower users at home, work, and school with the information they need to keep themselves, their organizations, their systems, and their sensitive information safe and secure online and encourage a culture of cybersecurity.
For more information visit https://www.linkedin.com/company/national-cyber-security-alliance.
FlexProfessionals is a unique staffing and recruiting agency specializing in part-time and flexible employment. We deliver an untapped, highly-qualified talent pool looking for rewarding flexible work to employers embracing flexible, supportive, and diverse work environments as part of a competitive talent acquisition strategy. We work with thousands of employers of every size and across industries in both DC Metro (Virginia, MD, DC) and Boston Metro areas. Smaller fast-growing businesses, many of whom are on tight budgets, turn to us because we offer affordable talent solutions to help build out their infrastructure to support growth. Larger employers turn to us as an alternative source of qualified candidates. Employers also use us as a source of gender-diverse talent to strengthen their diversity and inclusion initiatives.
The Tribal Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Tribal-ISAC), a division of not-for-profit Tribal Share, Inc., is the platform for cyber threat information sharing, threat prevention, protection, community response, and a managed and trusted collaboration with other government agencies and industry ISACs for the nation’s tribal governments and their operations and enterprises.
The Tribal-ISAC, a 501(c)(3), provides a safe and secure environment for the nation’s federally recognized sovereign Native American tribal governments, all of their operations and enterprises, including Alaska Native communities, villages and organizations (“Tribe(s)”), to share and mitigate security threat information, to share best practices, and is the conduit for security information sharing among Tribes.
We’re a cybersecurity-focused news service and a trusted, independent voice in the marketplace. We deliver concise, accessible, and relevant content, separating the signal from the noise in a burgeoning industry, overloaded with information and competing messages. Our news products are created by real people—analysts, experts, and writers with their ears to the ground. Of course, we use automation and create our own technologies to help us along the way, but the news we share has been carefully curated by people working hard and thinking about what matters to the users of cyberspace.
CTOvision, a division of OODA Loop, is an online reference for enterprise technologists. Published by Bob Gourley, and driven by a passionate group of writers and researchers with enterprise IT experience, CTOvision provides six newsletters including a daily CTO update, a daily FedCyber report, a weekly CTO summary, a weekly Government Big Data report, and several other specialty products.
ITSP magazine is a free online publication that focuses on technology, cybersecurity, privacy, the InfoSec community and the influence that all this has on our everyday lives – as businesses, individuals, and the society in which we live. We are At the Intersection of Technology, Cybersecurity, and Society™.
Simply Cyber brings information and security-related content to help IT or Information Security professionals take their careers further, faster. Current cyber security industry topics and techniques are explored to promote a career in the field. Topics cover offense, defense, governance, risk, compliance, privacy, education, certification, and conferences; all with the intent of professional development.
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