This position is part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Professional Research Experience Program (PREP). NIST recognizes that its research staff may want to collaborate with researchers at academic institutions on specific projects of mutual interest and, therefore, requires those institutions to be recipients of a PREP award. The PREP program involves staff from a wide range of backgrounds conducting scientific research across various fields. Individuals in this position will perform technical work supporting the collaboration's scientific research.
Research Title:
Human-Centered Cybersecurity Research and Community Standards Development
The work will entail:
The National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Information Technology Laboratory is seeking a qualified candidate to support the Human-Centered Cybersecurity (HCC) Program (https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/human-centered-cybersecurity). The program considers human needs, motivations, behaviors, and abilities in cybersecurity. The student will work on projects to support the development of an HCC standard description and organizational guidelines mapped to existing NIST cybersecurity frameworks. U.S. citizenship is preferred. The candidate for this position will work alongside world-class researchers at NIST. U.S. citizenship is preferred.
Candidates must be eligible to obtain a Department of Commerce background check for facility access.
Key responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
- Conduct analysis of human subjects survey or interview data using statistical methods and qualitative thematic analysis
- Search for, summarize, and synthesize HCC and security framework literature
- Assist in organizing public workshops
- Organize, synthesize, and help to adjudicate public comments
- Write/prepare reports, research papers, and presentations
- Present project information at internal and external meetings
Qualifications
- In progress PhD degree in a field related to HCC (e.g., computer/information science, social science, human factors, organizational leadership) with at least one year left in degree
- Education, research, or work experience in cybersecurity
- Qualitative (preferred, including thematic coding) or quantitative (statistical analysis) human subjects research experience
- Demonstrated ability to work both in teams and independently
- Strong organizational skills
- Strong oral and written communication skills
Other Desirable Qualifications
- Experience reading, summarizing, and synthesizing research and industry reports/literature
- Experience creating visualizations of research data
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