SANS and GIAC Certifications has partnered with the National Security Workforce to place over 35 cyber security courses and corresponding GIAC certifications within an easy to read framework (commonly known as the NICE Framework.) The interactive framework below will help you identify the SANS courses and certifications you need to advance your career as a Federal Employee.
Many of the courses and certifications found on the NICE Framework are DoDD 8140 (DoDD 8570) compliant. Visit the DoDD 8140 resource page for the full list of associated GIAC Certifications.
Securely Provision | Operate & Maintain | Oversee & Govern | Protect & Defend | Analyze | Collect & Operate | Investigate |
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Risk Management | Data Administration | Legal Advice and Advocacy | Cybersecurity Defense Analysis | Threat Analysis | Collection Operations | Cyber Investigation |
Software Development | Knowledge Management | Training, Education, and Awareness | Cybersecurity Defense Infrastructure Support | Exploitation Analysis | Cyber Operational Planning | Digital Forensics |
Systems Architecture | Customer Service and Technical Support | Cybersecurity Management | Incident Response | All-Source Analysis | Cyber Operations | |
Technology R&D | Network Services | Strategic Planning and Policy | Vulnerability Assessment and Management | Targets | ||
Systems Requirements Planning | Systems Administration | Executive Cyber Leadership | Language Analysis | |||
Test and Evaluation | Systems Analysis | Program/Project Management and Acquisition | ||||
Systems Development |
SANS training and GIAC Certifications go far beyond theory and teach technical, hands-on skills necessary to defend our nations networks and critical infrastructure against foreign and domestic threats. Aiming for a trained and certified workforce, SANS/ GIAC focuses on advanced knowledge; skills and applications needed to prove your team can meet Federal Contract requirements. The NICE Framework provides a blueprint to categorize, organize, and describe cyber security work into Specialty Areas, Categories and new Work Roles. Recognizing the need of a trained and certified workforce, it goes further by defining critical tasks, knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs). The Workforce Framework provides a common language to speak about and help define professional work requirements in cyber security.
SANS and GIAC Certifications are mapped to the NICE Cyber Security Workrole Framework. For ease of use we have formatted both the downloadable .pdf and the Interactive Map utilizing the work role as the basis.
Everything you need to know about that job role, specialty area, and mapped SANS training course and the affiliated GIAC Certifications are located on one page or section; including the SANS Course, GIAC Certification, and proficiency levels. To maintain organizational integrity, SANS / GIAC took the high road approach and only mapped courses and certifications where they made sense.
Basic Information About Proficiency Levels