NIST RAMPS

Project start date: May 2024. Renewed for 2025. Status: Ongoing. Under the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Regional Alliances and Multistakeholder Partnerships to Stimulate (RAMPS) Cybersecurity Education and Workforce Development (RAMPS Program), Cyber Florida implemented the Sustainable, Hands-on, Community-driven, and Multi-disciplinary Cybersecurity Skills Training Program to meet the cybersecurity workforce needs of Florida’s critical infrastructure (CIs). In partnership with CI organizations, Cyber Florida provided a hands-on 14-week training program for select USF students, covering security blue-team training, industrial controls security courses, ICS/SCADA security essentials certification, and tabletop exercises, with an emphasis on experiential and work-based learning.