National Cybersecurity Alliance
Educating and empowering our global digital society
National Cybersecurity Alliance
EIN: 37-1861631
as of September 2024
as of September 09, 2024
Mission
Our alliance stands for the safe and secure use of all technology. We encourage everyone to do their part to prevent digital wrongdoing of any kind. We build strong partnerships, educate and inspire all to take action to protect ourselves, our families, organizations and nations. Only together can we realize a more secure, interconnected world.
Notes from the nonprofit
While many nonprofits are doing great work in trying to influence policy change and advocacy, there are not enough organizations like NCA that are providing memorable experiences to influence the behavior of students, teachers, practitioners and political and business leaders. NCA has a holistic strategy to drive cybersecurity behavior change in various targeted groups. People and organizations are at different levels in their interest, understanding, and maturity regarding cybersecurity. There is no one message that resonates with all groups at all maturity levels. Our strategy is to bring the message to the people where they are (at work, at home, at school, in retirement, etc.) in language they understand and in a way they find engaging and compelling enough to spur action.
Ruling year
2017
Executive Director
Lisa Plaggemier
Main address
1875 K Street NW STE 581
Washington, DC 20006 USA
EIN
37-1861631
Public safety
Public affairs
Information and communications
Population served
Adults
NTEE code
Unknown (Z99)
IRS subsection
501(c)(3) Public Charity
IRS filing requirement
This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Tax forms
Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
In the first six months of 2021 alone, the American people witnessed numerous large-scale, high-profile cyber attacks and data breaches, including SolarWinds, the Colonial Pipeline, and JBS, deeply impacting supply-chain operations, national security, and the lives of many American citizens. COVID-19 created unprecedented shifts in people, processes, and technology, and IT and security professionals struggled to facilitate these shifts while also protecting their organizations. Opportunistic attackers waste no time in targeting insecure home networks and smart devices. The increased time spent at home came with an increase in the use of smart devices. The use of Internet of Things (IoT) devices grew rapidly during the pandemic. As the public becomes more concerned and engaged on the topics of data security and privacy, NCA is here to provide memorable experiences and training opportunities to improve cybersecurity behaviors of individuals, political leaders, and business leaders.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
CyberSecure My Business
Its easy to get lost in the maze of technical resources, products, and tools and wonder what you actually need to protect your business from a cyberattack. Cybersecure My Business brings this all under one roof to simplify cyber risk management and identify what you need, what you dont, and how to manage cybersecurity like any other part of your business.
The Cybersecure My Business program equips small business leaders with the core understanding of how your business is vulnerable to cyber attacks and how you can manage this risk. Participants learn:
How to manage cybersecurity without knowing how to 'do' cybersecurity
Why cybersecurity is a thing we need to worry about
How to defend from attacks targeting your staff
Common cybersecurity problems for small and medium sized businesses
How to work with your cyber/IT vendors
What you can do to reduce your cyber insurance premiums
What to do and who to contact after a breach
Cybersecurity Awareness Campaigns
NCA leads large-scale campaigns for national and international audiences, including Cybersecurity Awareness Month (October) and Data Privacy Week (January). These campaigns engage governments, corporations, universities and more to educate their employees, students and citizens on how to stay safe online and protect their privacy.
Cybersecurity Education and Career Resource Library
There is a critical shortage of cybersecurity professionals. NCA has compiled free resources focused on fulfilling the mission of diversifying and filling the gap in the cybersecurity careerforce. For cybersecurity professionals of today and tomorrow.
Security Training and Awareness Conference
Twice a year, the National Cybersecurity Alliance gathers security training and awareness professionals together to connect, share and Convene. Attendees can connect with the training and awareness community, learn best practices, and build camaraderie through immersive gatherings with like-minded professionals breed innovation, sharing and human connection.
These two-day events provide cybersecurity training and awareness professionals with the opportunity to connect with peers in training and awareness, hear new ideas from experts in the field, and spend time with cutting-edge exhibitors.
See Yourself in Cyber: HBCU Cybersecurity Career Program
See Yourself in Cyber is a new program launched Fall 2022. This program's mission is to equip students with the necessary life and career navigation skills to help them find, and succeed in, roles in security, privacy, and risk.
Mentorship:
Our mentoring program pairs HBCU students with security and privacy professionals to help prepare them for the job search process. Mentors and mentees hold one-on-one meetings focused on resume building, interviewing skills, and empowering students with the confidence they need to navigate their way to a successful career in security and privacy.
On-Campus Events:
On campus events allow students to interact directly with professionals in the field, including HBCU graduates working in privacy and risk, government representatives, and corporate recruiters. HBCU students will have the unique opportunity to break down the wall between recruiter and candidate by asking questions and having meaningful discussions face to face.
Where we work
Affiliations & memberships
Nonprofit Cyber Member 2022
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of Cybersecurity Awareness Month Champions Recruited
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Cybersecurity Awareness Campaigns
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of downloads of Cybersecurity Attitudes and Behaviors Report
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
First report was published in 2021
Number of toolkit downloads
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Cybersecurity Awareness Campaigns
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of website pageviews
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Cybersecurity Awareness Campaigns
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of conference attendees
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Cybersecurity Awareness Campaigns
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
webinar attendees
Number of HBCU students participating in mentorship program.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Program started Fall 2022.
Number of HBCU students receiving cybersecurity career and professional development training.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
People of African descent
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Our alliance stands for the safe and secure use of all technology. We encourage everyone to do their part to prevent digital wrongdoing of any kind, with the ultimate goal of realizing a more secure, interconnected world.
Public awareness: We aim to raise public awareness about online privacy and educate citizens on how to manage their personal information and keep it secure. We aim to empower individuals and organizations to own their role in protecting their data by implementing stronger security practices.
Small Business security: With virtually all business data kept on internet-connected platforms, we aim to train small businesses on best practices and equip them with tools to evaluate their current security measures and identify areas of improvement.
Cybersecurity workforce: As the security workforce shortage shows no sign of being resolved soon, businesses and organizations understand the importance of establishing a pipeline of young graduates to fill these critical jobs in the years ahead. Because many organizations also have initiatives to increase diversity in their workforce, we see a convergence of these two issues and have set a goal to help more minority graduates fill cybersecurity roles.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Awareness strategies include: Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Data Privacy Week, Nasdaq Day, webinars, educational articles and blog posts. NCA works with a public relations firm to amplify our data care messages through national press tours, up to date messaging on our website and social media.
Cybersecurity workforce: HBCU Career Program: NCA will launch a career development and mentorship program for students at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The program will support students studying Computer Science or Cybersecurity through the job search process, with an emphasis on first generation college students who frequently lack the context to navigate the corporate recruiting process. In-person events will be held at HBCUs with speakers who are recent HBCU alumni working in security or privacy, plus corporate recruiters. These events will feature panel discussions and interview and life skills training to help students land a job in security or privacy. The program also includes a mentoring program, with a database of mentors and mentees.
NCA’s CyberSecure My Business (CSMB) program engages small businesses, academia, federal agencies, and SLTTs via in-person workshops and monthly webinars to share best practices and tools for under-resourced organizations. The interactive workshops are non-technical and based on the NIST Cybersecurity Framework 5 Steps of Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond and Recover with content in layman’s terms for small- and medium-sized business leaders. In 2019, the program reached 800 SMBs at workshops, and as in-person events resume, NCA aims to surpass this number. Attendees will leave with a foundational data security plan for their organization. NCA will follow up with those groups to check on their progress, measure effectiveness, and offer resources.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Financials
Financial documents
Download audited financialsRevenue vs. expenses: breakdown
Liquidity in 2023 info
4.39
Months of cash in 2023 info
5.2
Fringe rate in 2023 info
19%
Funding sources info
Assets & liabilities info
Financial data
National Cybersecurity Alliance
Revenue & expensesFiscal Year: Jul 01 - Jun 30
National Cybersecurity Alliance
Balance sheetFiscal Year: Jul 01 - Jun 30
The balance sheet gives a snapshot of the financial health of an organization at a particular point in time. An organization's total assets should generally exceed its total liabilities, or it cannot survive long, but the types of assets and liabilities must also be considered. For instance, an organization's current assets (cash, receivables, securities, etc.) should be sufficient to cover its current liabilities (payables, deferred revenue, current year loan, and note payments). Otherwise, the organization may face solvency problems. On the other hand, an organization whose cash and equivalents greatly exceed its current liabilities might not be putting its money to best use.
Fiscal Year: Jul 01 - Jun 30
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Business model indicators
| Profitability info | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrestricted surplus (deficit) before depreciation | -$33,723 | -$284,475 | $250,985 | $149,061 | $582,892 |
| As % of expenses | -1.7% | -19.6% | 23.1% | 29.3% | 25.1% |
| Unrestricted surplus (deficit) after depreciation | -$35,212 | -$285,814 | $250,085 | $148,615 | $582,318 |
| As % of expenses | -1.8% | -19.7% | 23.0% | 29.2% | 25.1% |
| Revenue composition info | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total revenue (unrestricted & restricted) | $1,970,133 | $1,173,370 | $1,338,187 | $656,985 | $2,904,663 |
| Total revenue, % change over prior year | 58.5% | -40.4% | 14.0% | -50.9% | 0.0% |
| Program services revenue | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.8% |
| Membership dues | 31.1% | 51.1% | 52.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Investment income | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Government grants | 27.9% | 25.6% | 33.7% | 36.6% | 17.9% |
| All other grants and contributions | 40.1% | 23.3% | 13.5% | 63.1% | 81.2% |
| Other revenue | 0.9% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Expense composition info | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total expenses before depreciation | $2,003,856 | $1,448,862 | $1,087,202 | $507,924 | $2,321,771 |
| Total expenses, % change over prior year | 47.8% | -27.7% | -25.0% | -53.3% | 0.0% |
| Personnel | 45.7% | 49.2% | 58.8% | 63.0% | 41.5% |
| Professional fees | 35.1% | 27.7% | 25.1% | 24.2% | 32.3% |
| Occupancy | 2.7% | 4.7% | 5.3% | 3.6% | 1.2% |
| Interest | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.9% | 0.0% | 0.3% |
| Pass-through | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| All other expenses | 15.9% | 18.4% | 10.0% | 9.2% | 24.7% |
| Full cost components (estimated) info | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total expenses (after depreciation) | $2,005,345 | $1,450,201 | $1,088,102 | $508,370 | $2,322,345 |
| One month of savings | $166,988 | $120,739 | $90,600 | $42,327 | $193,481 |
| Debt principal payment | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fixed asset additions | $1,528 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total full costs (estimated) | $2,173,861 | $1,570,940 | $1,178,702 | $550,697 | $2,515,826 |
Capital structure indicators
| Liquidity info | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Months of cash | 2.1 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 11.4 | 5.2 |
| Months of cash and investments | 2.1 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 11.4 | 5.2 |
| Months of estimated liquid unrestricted net assets | 2.6 | 1.3 | 4.5 | 13.2 | 7.3 |
| Balance sheet composition info | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | $345,986 | $156,055 | $153,597 | $484,419 | $1,002,048 |
| Investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Receivables | $356,000 | $275,173 | $273,257 | $213,184 | $624,785 |
| Gross land, buildings, equipment (LBE) | $14,953 | $14,953 | $14,953 | $14,953 | $14,953 |
| Accumulated depreciation (as a % of LBE) | 75.2% | 84.2% | 90.2% | 93.2% | 100.0% |
| Liabilities (as a % of assets) | 37.1% | 63.7% | 5.6% | 20.6% | 14.0% |
| Unrestricted net assets | $446,006 | $160,192 | $410,276 | $558,891 | $1,403,929 |
| Temporarily restricted net assets | $0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Permanently restricted net assets | $0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Total restricted net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total net assets | $446,006 | $160,192 | $410,276 | $558,891 | $1,403,929 |
Key data checks
| Key data checks info | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material data errors | No | No | No | No | No |
Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
Documents
Executive Director
Lisa Plaggemier
Lisa Plaggemier is a trailblazer in security training and awareness, a prominent security influencer, and a frequent speaker at major events, including RSA, Gartner and SANS. She uses her deep and diverse experience to fuel an innovative approach to training and awareness that engages learners and influences behavior. Lisa has worked as an international marketer with Ford Motor Company, Director of Security Culture, Risk and Client Advocacy for CDK Global, Chief Evangelist at InfoSec, and Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer at MediaPRO, a leading provider of data privacy and security training. Prior to becoming Interim Executive Director of the National Cybersecurity Alliance, Lisa was a member of the NCA Board of Directors and served as Chair of the Marketing and Communications Committee. She is a University of Michigan graduate (Go Blue!) and while she wasn’t born in Austin, Texas, she got there as fast as she could.
Number of employees
Source: IRS Form 990
National Cybersecurity Alliance
Officers, directors, trustees, and key employeesSOURCE: IRS Form 990
Compensation data
National Cybersecurity Alliance
Highest paid employeesSOURCE: IRS Form 990
Compensation data
National Cybersecurity Alliance
Board of directorsas of 04/02/2024
Board of directors data
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