NIST AWARDS MORE THAN $1.7 MILLION TO SUPPORT CYBERSECURITY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS 8 STATES

GAITHERSBURG, Md., Sept. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards & Technology issued the following press release:

The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced more than $1.7 million in cooperative agreements intended to build the workforce needed to protect our nation's infrastructure and organizations from cybersecurity threats. The nine awards of up to $200,000 each will go to educational and community organizations in eight states to address the nation's ongoing shortage of skilled cybersecurity professionals.

The agreements will be administered by NICE, a NIST-led program that drives collaboration among government, academia and the private sector ...