NICE Specialty Areas 33
Categories contain groupings of cybersecurity work, which are called Specialty Areas. There were 31 specialty areas called out in National Cybersecurity Workforce Framework version 1.0 and 32 in National Cybersecurity Workforce Framework version 2.0. Each specialty area represents an area of concentrated work, or function, within cybersecurity and related work. In previous versions of the NICE Framework, tasks and KSAs were associated with each specialty area. KSAs and Tasks are now associated with the work roles.
| Code | Name | Work Roles |
|---|---|---|
| OM-DTA | Data Administration | 2 |
| OM-KMG | Knowledge Management | 1 |
| OM-STS | Customer Service and Technical Support | 1 |
| OM-NET | Network Services | 1 |
| OM-ADM | Systems Administration | 1 |
| OM-ANA | Systems Analysis | 1 |
| OV-LGA | Legal Advice and Advocacy | 2 |
| OV-TEA | Training, Education, and Awareness | 2 |
| OV-MGT | Cybersecurity Management | 2 |
| SP-RSK | Risk Management | 2 |
| SP-DEV | Software Development | 2 |
| SP-ARC | Systems Architecture | 2 |
| SP-TRD | Technology R&D | 1 |
| SP-SRP | Systems Requirements Planning | 1 |
| SP-TST | Test and Evaluation | 1 |
| SP-SYS | Systems Development | 2 |
| OV-SPP | Strategic Planning and Policy | 2 |
| OV-EXL | Executive Cyber Leadership | 1 |
| OV-PMA | Program/Project Management and Acquisition | 5 |
| PR-CDA | Cybersecurity Defense Analysis | 1 |
| PR-INF | Cybersecurity Defense Infrastructure Support | 1 |
| PR-CIR | Incident Response | 1 |
| PR-VAM | Vulnerability Assessment and Management | 1 |
| AN-TWA | Threat Analysis | 1 |
| AN-EXP | Exploitation Analysis | 1 |
| AN-ASA | All-Source Analysis | 2 |
| AN-TGT | Targets | 2 |
| AN-LNG | Language Analysis | 1 |
| CO-CLO | Collection Operations | 2 |
| CO-OPL | Cyber Operational Planning | 3 |
| CO-OPS | Cyber Operations | 1 |
| IN-INV | Cyber Investigation | 1 |
| IN-FOR | Digital Forensics | 2 |