{"id":8568,"date":"2026-03-12T14:34:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T14:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.dankohn.info\/?p=8568"},"modified":"2026-03-12T20:31:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T20:31:14","slug":"cisco-networking-academy-instructors-conference-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dankohn.info\/index.php\/2026\/03\/12\/cisco-networking-academy-instructors-conference-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Cisco Networking Academy Instructors Conference 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I recently attended the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.cvent.com\/event\/68add516-88f2-48d2-8b7c-e6360b3e8f43\/websitePage:3502a7db-ab22-4b17-a22a-a76df2f984a4\">Cisco Networking Academy Instructors Conference 2026<\/a>. Below are a number of links discussed at the conference. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to know what Programming Languages are popular right now: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiobe.com\/tiobe-index\/\">TIOBE Index<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cisco report on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisco.com\/site\/m\/ai-workforce-consortium\/index.html\">Preparing for the Future: AI\u2019s Impact on Information and Communication Technology Jobs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to get into programming? Try: <a href=\"https:\/\/openedg.org\/\">OPENEDG<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cisco report on <a href=\"https:\/\/go.netacad.com\/ai-powered-ict-workforce.html\">Educating Tomorrow&#8217;s ICT Workforce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cisco Report on the <a href=\"https:\/\/learn-cloudsecurity.cisco.com\/2026-state-of-ai-security-report\">State of AI Security 2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/niccs.cisa.gov\/tools\/nice-framework\">National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies<\/a> (NICE Framework)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apcentral.collegeboard.org\/courses\/ap-cybersecurity\/about\">AP Cybersecurity Course<\/a> (Pilot 2025-26). Also check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/apcentral.collegeboard.org\/media\/pdf\/ap-cybersecurity-course-and-exam-description.pdf\">Course and Exam Description<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/apcentral.collegeboard.org\/courses\/ap-cybersecurity\/exam-overview\">Exam Overview<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Case Example of Cybersecurity OT Failure: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisa.gov\/news-events\/alerts\/2023\/11\/28\/exploitation-unitronics-plcs-used-water-and-wastewater-systems\">Exploitation of Unitronics PLCs used in Water and Wastewater Systems<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apcentral.collegeboard.org\/courses\/ap-networking\/credential\">AP Networking Credential<\/a> with a new AP Networking Course (going to be offered 2027-28)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/openclaw.ai\/\">OpenClaw<\/a> &#8211; The AI that actually does things<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.immersivelabs.com\/lp\/cyber-range-exercises\">Cyber Range<\/a> &#8211; Cybersecurity simulator<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscyberchallenge.org\/\">USCC<\/a> &#8211; US Cyber Challenge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Network Academy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netacadlearnathon.com\/projects\/americas-2026-en\/\">Cisco Cyber Games<\/a> &#8211; Ethical Hacker Edition<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently attended the Cisco Networking Academy Instructors Conference 2026. Below are a number of links discussed at the conference. Want to know what Programming Languages are popular right now: TIOBE Index Cisco report on Preparing for the Future: AI\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.dankohn.info\/index.php\/2026\/03\/12\/cisco-networking-academy-instructors-conference-2026\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-teaching_tech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dankohn.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dankohn.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dankohn.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dankohn.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dankohn.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8568"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dankohn.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8575,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dankohn.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8568\/revisions\/8575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dankohn.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dankohn.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dankohn.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}