NIST announces retirement of cyber workforce leader Petersen, who led efforts to expand education opportunities

NIST workforce leader Rodney Petersen is leaving the agency on Jan. 1, after a decade of efforts to educate federal employees on cybersecurity and deepen relationships with the private sector.

“Rodney joined NIST in 2015 as the second director of NICE to lead its growth and development following the program’s first official Congressional authorization in the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014,” NIST said in a Dec. 2 announcement. He is currently director of education and workforce development in NIST’s...