Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102

§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 Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Create a cybersecurity workforce data program through the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics. The Director must work with the head of NIST and other federal statistics agencies to run it. The program must do seven tasks, including checking if national estimates about the cybersecurity workforce are possible, using the NICE framework or similar tools for consistent measurement, combining employer, survey, and administrative data, talking to stakeholders, and collecting credential and employment outcome data when possible.

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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

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102