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§18996 Cybersecurity Workforce Data Initiative

Title 42 › Chapter 163— RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, COMPETITION, AND INNOVATION › Subchapter III— NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE › Part B— STEM Education › § 18996

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director, working through the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics and with the NIST Director and other federal statistical agencies, must create a cybersecurity workforce data initiative. It must check if national estimates and statistics on the cybersecurity workforce are possible; use the NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework (NIST SP 800–181) or other suitable frameworks for consistent measurement; build on employer data about needs and open jobs; consult stakeholders to find needed data; review federal surveys and administrative and other data sources; and, as much as possible, collect data on credentials and job outcomes.

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Title 42, §18996

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The Director, acting through the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics established in section 1862p of this title and in coordination with the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and other appropriate Federal statistical agencies, shall establish a cybersecurity workforce data initiative that—

(1)assesses the feasibility of providing nationally representative estimates and statistical information on the cybersecurity workforce;

(2)utilizes the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Cybersecurity Workforce Framework (NIST Special Publication 800–181), or other frameworks, as appropriate, to enable a consistent measurement of the cybersecurity workforce;

(3)utilizes and complements existing data on employer requirements and unfilled positions in the cybersecurity workforce;

(4)consults key stakeholders and the broader community of practice in cybersecurity workforce development to determine data requirements needed to strengthen the cybersecurity workforce;

(5)evaluates existing Federal survey data for information pertinent to developing national estimates of the cybersecurity workforce;

(6)evaluates administrative data and other supplementary data sources, as available, to describe and measure the cybersecurity workforce; and

(7)collects statistical data, to the greatest extent practicable, on credential attainment and employment outcomes information for the cybersecurity workforce.

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42 U.S.C. § 18996

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60