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THANK YOU FOR MAKING CYBERSECURITY CAREER WEEK A SUCCESS!
Whether you hosted or attended an event, distributed information, or engaged with others through social media, thank you for helping to build awareness and share resources about cybersecurity careers.
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Engagement by the Numbers
- Number of Events and Commitments (over 1,500)
- Number of People Impacted (750,000)
- Number of Webinars and Podcasts (over 100)
- Number of Competitions (11)
- Number of Training Opportunities (over 150)
Six-Day #MyCyberJob Social Media Challenge
Throughout the week individuals and organizations around the world shared their short videos, pictures, and stories on social media using hashtags #MyCyberJob, #CyberCareerWeek, and #ChooseCyber.
 Launch Event
Both the House & Senate Cybersecurity Caucus, SANS, and NICE launched Cybersecurity Career Week on September 19, 2024 in Washington, D.C.
 Davina Pruitt-Mentle (NICE), Students from Spotsylvania High School, Kristi Rice (Teacher at Spotsylvania High School), Donna Woods (Moreno Valley Unified School District)
Cybersecurity Careers Capture the Flag Competition
Congratulations to the winners who scored highest in the capture the flag contest focused on careers in cybersecurity. Challenges included areas such as cryptography, networking, web applications, reconnaissance, and more! Over 450 participated in this year’s contest. The winners are….
- 1st place: Daniel Tomov (Old Dominion University)
- 2nd place: Ahmed Abdelrahaman, Bulonziyee Ssebawanzi, and Rayan Khan (Virginia Commonwealth University)
- 3rd place: William Roberts and Nathan Smith (Montgomery County Public Schools)
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Save the date and join us during the third week of October 2025!
Cybersecurity Career Week is coordinated by NICE and supported by a community of government, academic, non-profit, and private industry stakeholders. Commercial entities, materials, and resources provided in support of Cybersecurity Career Week may be included in this email or on the nist.gov/nice/ccw web site or linked web sites. Such identification is not intended to imply recommendation or endorsement by NIST.
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INFORMATION AND UPDATES
 Help make Cybersecurity Career Week a success! Visit our website to see what tools and resources you can use to help promote the week-long effort to your connections.
For more information, visit nist.gov/nice/ccw.
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@nistcyber
#mycyberjob
#cybercareerweek
#choosecyber
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linkedin.com/company/nist-nice
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