Cyber PIVOTT Act

The Cyber PIVOTT Act would add a new section (SEC. 1334) to the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to create and expand the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) education and training programs targeting two-year postsecondary paths. Known as the PIVOTT Program (Providing Individuals Various Opportunities for Technical Training to Build a Skills-Based Cyber Workforce), it would partner with community colleges, technical schools, and other two-year institutions to provide scholarships, internships, and a defined service obligation aimed at building a large, skills-focused cyber workforce for federal, state, local, and tribal government needs, as well as critical infrastructure sectors. The act sets ambitious enrollment growth (starting at 250 students, scaling to 1,000 per year, and planning for 10,000 annually within ten years) and would require institutions to align with cybersecurity education frameworks (NICE/NIST) and to offer hands-on, skills-based exercises and internships. It also introduces repayment obligations if participants do not fulfill post-program requirements, creates a federal job-recruitment pipeline, and requires periodic program reviews and congressional briefings. In addition to program creation, the bill directs a 90-day post-enactment review of CISA education and training programs, and it asks for a report on supporting CyberCorps Scholarship for Service as a gold standard program, with options to add DHS funding in existing training efforts. The overall aim is to expand access to cyber training at two-year institutions and to turn program participants into a ready-to-work cyber workforce for government and critical infrastructure roles.