The purpose of the summit is to explore the need for Government/Industry/Academic collaborative Cybersecurity degree apprenticeships at Cybersecurity Consortium Enabling Cybersecurity Opportunities and Research (CECOR) member institutions.
Attendees will benefit from the takeaways as follows:
- Lessons learned from NTIA smart community and broadband public-private partnerships
- Motivation to act with a sense of urgency to leverage economic development opportunity and create pathways to hundreds of high wage Cybersecurity jobs
- Awareness of the Cybersecurity occupations and demand locally and nationally
- How to use NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework
- Understanding Cybersecurity competencies needed by industry
- Why degree apprenticeships? Return on Investment and value addition to employers
- Federal resources available for HBCU Cybersecurity apprenticeships
- Action plan for launching employer-led Cybersecurity apprenticeship cohorts by Summer 2020 partnering with CECOR member institutions
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HBCU Cybersecurity Workforce Summit Engineering and Computer Science Complex Auditorium, Room 100 |
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Co-Sponsored By South Carolina State University and Ishpi Information Technologies, Inc. With the Support Of National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) |
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Purpose To explore the need for Government/Industry/Academic collaborative Cybersecurity degree apprenticeships at Cybersecurity Consortium Enabling Cybersecurity Opportunities and Research (CECOR) HBCU members
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Wednesday February 12, 2020 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM |
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8:30 |
Breakfast and networking |
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9:00 |
Welcome and Introduction James E. Clark, President, South Carolina State University Earl Bowers, CEO, Ishpi Information Technologies, Inc. |
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9:10 |
Panel 1: NTIA’s Minority Broadband Initiative: HBCU Cybersecurity Policy and Programs Dr. Michel Kornegay, Morgan State Dr. Kevin Kornegay, Morgan State Moderated by Karl Cureton, National Minority Technology Council |
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9:45 |
Keynote Johnathan Holifield, White House Initiative for Excellence in HBCU |
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10:15 |
Demand for IT & Cybersecurity jobs in South Carolina and neighboring states Will Markow, Cyberseek.Org |
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Break 10:30 – 10:45 |
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10:45 |
Consortium Enabling Cybersecurity Opportunities and Research (CECOR) David Canty, NNSA Dr. Aurelia Williams, Norfolk State University |
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11:15 |
National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Cybersecurity Workforce Framework Girish Seshagiri, Ishpi Information Technologies, Inc. |
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11:35 |
Panel 2: IT and Cybersecurity Youth Apprenticeship Expansion – DoL Contractors Dr. Diana Elliott, Urban Institute Mark Ouellette, ICF Moderated by Angela McDaniel, DoL OA |
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Lunch 12:05 – 1:15 Industrial Base Cybersecurity Initiative (IBCI) vision and strategy for workforce development Dennis Miller, Y-12 National Security Complex |
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1:15 |
Apprenticeship Carolina – Mission, Success Stories, Plans Robert Crenshaw, Apprenticeship Carolina – SC Technical College System |
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1:35 |
Panel 3: Cybersecurity Workforce Development - Employer Needs Heather Ricciuto, IBM William Littleton, NIWC Atlantic Moderated by Girish Seshagiri, Ishpi Information Technologies, Inc. |
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Break 2:15 – 2:30 |
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2:30 |
Workshop – Next Steps, Goals, Action Plan, Milestones |
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3:30 |
HBCU Cybersecurity Workforce Summit Wrap-up |
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