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Contents

1. SFIA - a framework for cloud-computing skills
2. SFIA - a framework for digital health and care skills 
3. SFIA 9 tracker 
4. Prototypes for generic attributes and levels of responsibility
5. Cybersecurity - combining skills frameworks and role frameworks

SFIA - a framework for cloud-computing skills

This is a beta release. Content includes...

• Applying SFIA's uniform skills language to cloud-computing
• Combining SFIA's skills language with Cloud applications and technologies
• Cloud-computing skills profiles
  • SFIA 8 - illustrative skills profiles for a wide range of cloud roles
  • SFIA skills mapped to FinOps personas
• Cloud-computing skill definitions

This also forms a collecting point for our review and update of SFIA to represent cloud-computing skills. Please get in touch with ideas and suggestions.

SFIA - a framework for digital health and care skills 

• Test the appetite - review for SFIA 9
• review of data-related skills
• support for specialised roles in the Digital health and care domain

SFIA 9 tracker

• reviewing how SFIA represents the following  - please get in touch with ideas and suggestions.
  • Testing skills
  • AI / ML Ops
  • cloud-computing skills including FinOps
  • data quality in domains such as health
• We share the change requests and the the proposed updates and other actions on the website
• Helping you plan for a new version of SFIA
  • Before publishing a new version - all proposed changes are made public for further comment using a beta release
  • We will also estimate the scale of the change and the likely impact on current SFIA users so that you can make informed choices

Prototypes for generic attributes and levels of responsibility

• For SFIA 8 - all skills were edited for readability, which included adding 'Guidance notes' for all skills and creating a short description of each skill. This was well received by SFIA users.
• So for SFIA 9 - we will do something similar for the levels of responsibility and generic attributes
• We have some early prototypes available (these are subject to change)
• A short description of the essence of each level of responsibility-  prototype levels of responsibility for SFIA 9

• A closer integration of behavioural factors and business skills with the levels of responsibility removing the need for a separate, Glossary of Behaviours document (from SFIA 8)
• Guidance notes and descriptions for... 
  • Decision making
  • Planning
  • Collaboration
  • Problem solving
  • Creativity
  • Communication
  • Leadership
  • Adaptability and resilience
  • Learning and professional development
  • Digital mindset
  • Security, privacy and ethics

Cybersecurity - combining skills frameworks and role frameworks

The illustration below shows how SFIA - a common language for skills - can be used to support a range of national and international cybersecurity role frameworks.

• identify skills and adding levels of roles within the role frameworks
• SFIA skills are available for all roles - not just cybersecurity specialists
• Each of the images can be clicked for a pdf version of the diagrams

NICE work roles	UKCSC specialisms	ENISA European CSF
SFIA - a framework for cyber security skills … building security skills into every professional job for a security-minded culture ...

NICE Components 1.0.0

• we have just published an updated SFIA NICE mapping to reflect the publication of NICE 1.0.0  and the new NICE work role names, descriptions and categories.

SFIA Partners in the field of cybersecurity

• ISC2, CIISec, CompTIA, ISACA, SANS | GIAC, UKCSC, and CREST. 

Thank you for shaping the future of SFIA through your ongoing participation and feedback. 

Please get in touch. Click below to send an email.

Peter Leather

SFIA Updates Manager