The primary goal of this project is to bolster the knowledge, skills, and abilities of localgovernment IT personnel by providing comprehensive cybersecurity training and certificationopportunities. This initiative serves as a "scholarship" program for local employees to achieve theCompTIA Security+ certification, validating their knowledge of basic security concepts,communication security, infrastructure security, cryptography, and operational security. Workforce Development: Identify and mitigate gaps in the cybersecurity workforce byaligning training with the NICE Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity, enhancing theoverall capability of local government staff. Risk Mitigation: Reduce the risk of cyber -attacks by ensuring that IT professionals possessthe baseline skills necessary to protect, defend against, and respond to threats effectively. Compliance: Support the State’s objective to increase statewide partnerships and enhancecyber education by measuring training outcomes and certifying local professionals. Service Objectives Flexibility & Accessibility: Provide a versatile training environment that accommodatesvarious learning styles and schedules through instructor -led, virtual, in -person,asynchronous, or hybrid delivery models without restrictions on cohort size. Certification Success: Go beyond mere exam preparation by providing the necessaryCompTIA Security+ testing vouchers and ensuring a curriculum designed for highcertification pass rates. Measurable Effectiveness: Implement baseline assessments and adaptive learning paths toensure workforce capability development is tracked, measured, and reportedThis SOW Agreement sets forth the terms and conditions Assigned Personnel must comply withwhen provided with access to State systems, State Information, or equipment in order to performthe contracted services.Definitions:“State Information” is any data or other information in any form which is shared, disclosed orotherwise made available to the Assigned Personnel in connection with this contract, includingany and any advice or work product obtained by the State from the Assigned personnel.“State System” is any information technology infrastructure, including but not limited tohardware, software, networks, databases, and related components, that is owned, operated,managed, or utilized by the State for the purpose of conducting official government business,delivering public services, or supporting administrative functions. This definition encompassessystems that are directly controlled by the State as well as those operated by third -party vendorson behalf of the State.
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