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 Job preparation. SC3 places students in cybersecurity internships for on-the-job
preparation.

 Launch careers. The program connects program graduates to cybersecurity positions
through Symantec’s network of customers and partners.

Industry Organization Initiatives

In 2014, the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) launched a program designed to
help professionals better understand the various levels of jobs within cybersecurity, so they can
better steer their education and training in the right direction. The program, called Cybersecurity
Career Lifecycle (CSCL), divides cyber careers into five stages, showing the opportunity for a
variety of paths within each level. The levels include:

 Pre-Professional. Any individual who has not yet worked in the cybersecurity industry,
but may be interested in doing so, such as former military, law enforcement and
students.

 Entry Level. An individual who has a job in cybersecurity, but has not yet mastered
general cybersecurity methodologies and principles, such as associate cybersecurity
analysts and cybersecurity risk analysts.

 Mid-Career. An individual who has mastered general security methodologies and
principles and has determined his or her area of focus, such as cybersecurity forensics
analysts and network security engineers.

 Senior Level. An individual who has extensive experience in cybersecurity and has
been in the profession for 10-plus years, such as senior cybersecurity risk analysts and
directors of cybersecurity.

 Security Leader. An individual who has extensive security experience, with ability to
direct and integrate security into an organization, such as chief information security
officers and chief cybersecurity architects.

NIST National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE)

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is leading an educational initiative
called the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE), which is comprised of 20
federal departments and agencies, academia, and industry organizations. The mission of NICE
is to establish an operational, sustainable and continually improving cybersecurity education
program to students from kindergarten to post-graduate school. To that end, NICE is working to
accelerate the availability of educational and training resources to improve the cyber behavior,
skills and knowledge of every segment of the population. To achieve its educational mission,
NICE developed three primary goals:

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