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User Report (NIST NICE)

Skill Coverage and Gap Analysis (NIST NICE Aligned)

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The User Report section in CyberExam provides a comprehensive, role-based view of each user’s competency development. All CyberExam courses, labs, and challenges are mapped to the NIST NICE Workforce Framework, enabling organizations to objectively measure skill acquisition, identify gaps, and prioritize learning investments.

By combining operational data with visual analytics, CyberExam transforms training progress into actionable workforce intelligence.

🎯 NIST NICE Skill Mapping

Every learning activity in CyberExam β€” including hands-on labs, simulations, challenges, and assessments β€” is mapped to standardized NIST NICE skill definitions.
This ensures that:

  • Skills are measured consistently across teams and roles.

  • Training outcomes are aligned with internationally recognized cybersecurity workforce standards.

  • Organizations can benchmark capability maturity objectively.

  • Skill coverage and gaps are clearly visible at both individual and organizational levels.

This mapping enables accurate tracking of which skills have been acquired and which competencies still require development.


πŸ“Š Skill Coverage by Role

The Skill Coverage by Role (%) chart visualizes how much of each role’s required skill set has been completed.

This chart allows you to:

  • Compare skill maturity across multiple cybersecurity roles.

  • Quickly identify roles with low coverage that require immediate training investment.

  • Track progress over time as users complete additional labs and exercises.

  • Validate whether learning paths are aligned with operational needs.

Each bar represents the percentage of mapped NIST NICE skills that have been successfully acquired for a specific role.

Example roles include Digital Forensics, Incident Response, Defensive Cybersecurity, Systems Administration, and Threat Analysis.


🚦 Skill Gap Prioritization Matrix

The Skill Gap Prioritization Matrix provides a strategic view of training priorities by correlating:

  • Coverage (%) – How much of the role’s skills are currently covered.

  • Missing Skills – Number of skills not yet acquired.

  • Total Skills – Overall skill volume per role (represented by bubble size).

This matrix enables decision-makers to:

  • Identify roles with high skill gaps and low coverage.

  • Prioritize training investments based on impact and risk.

  • Balance effort between quick wins and long-term capability development.

  • Align workforce development with operational readiness goals.

Hovering over each bubble displays detailed metrics such as coverage percentage, number of missing skills, and total skill count.


πŸ” Acquired Skills Detail (Operational View)

The Acquired Skills Detail table provides granular visibility into individual skill achievement.

For each role, the table shows:

  • Skill ID – NIST NICE skill identifier.

  • Skill Name – Description of the competency.

  • Status – Acquired or Missing.

This operational view enables:

  • Auditable evidence of competency development.

  • Identification of specific missing skills that require targeted training.

  • Filtering and searching by role, skill category, or keyword.

  • Supporting compliance, reporting, and workforce planning initiatives.

Training managers and technical leads can directly map missing skills to available CyberExam labs or create customized learning paths.


πŸ“ˆ Business Value

By combining NIST NICE mapping with real-time analytics, CyberExam delivers measurable value:

  • βœ… Objective skill measurement aligned with global standards

  • βœ… Role-based visibility into workforce maturity

  • βœ… Data-driven training prioritization

  • βœ… Faster identification of capability gaps

  • βœ… Improved alignment between training and operational readiness

  • βœ… Evidence-based reporting for audits and management

This approach transforms cybersecurity training from activity-based learning into outcome-driven workforce development.

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