{"id":252902,"date":"2026-05-22T18:46:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T22:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/new-guidebook-maps-cyber-volunteer-models-and-returns\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T19:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T23:00:08","slug":"new-guidebook-maps-cyber-volunteer-models-and-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/new-guidebook-maps-cyber-volunteer-models-and-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"New Guidebook Maps Cyber Volunteer Models and Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/security\/new-guidebook-maps-cyber-volunteer-models-and-returns\">New Guidebook Maps Cyber Volunteer Models and Returns<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/security\/new-guidebook-maps-cyber-volunteer-models-and-returns\">https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/security\/new-guidebook-maps-cyber-volunteer-models-and-returns<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-22 18:46:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.govtech.com\">www.govtech.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                    New research shows that volunteer-based cybersecurity programs can have a return on investment of up to millions of dollars for state governments.<\/p>\n<p>Save Money, Build Talent, and Defend Communities is a new guidebook from the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC) at UC Berkeley, and it delves into cybersecurity programming cost and return on investment, maps efforts across states, and defines various aspects of whole-of-state cybersecurity efforts. But the publication focuses most on three types of organizations: cyber clinics, regional security operations centers (RSOCs) and state cyber corps.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause whole-of-state cyber is a wide umbrella of things, it was going to be quite impossible to map all of the different components,\u201d said author Grace Menna, a senior fellow and researcher at the CLTC.<\/p>\n<p><span data-bsp-pv=\"4f8e492c-6f2f-390e-bc61-f176d3a37ab9\"\/><span data-bsp-pv=\"0000019e-5150-da8a-af9f-797838320000\"\/><br \/>The guidebook was originally intended to be a 10-page brief. The resulting 46 pages are a combination of direct input from dozens of states and open source research done over a period of about five months. Key findings include the variability of programs, the importance of volunteer-based services and the challenges of quantifying their impact.<\/p>\n<p>Menna said it was designed to help policymakers understand the ecosystem of volunteer-based cyber resilience programs. Officials including CIOs, CISOs and legislators have said that they often hear about promising initiatives but lack basic information about how they worked, who ran them or whether they produced measurable returns.<\/p>\n<p>As to financial impact, research revealed that cyber clinics have an economic value of anywhere between $12,000 and $150,000 per year and provide workforce development for students. RSOCs provide millions in return \u2014 up to $2.6 million \u2014 alongside student training, and state cyber corps provide up to $7.5 million, taking advantage of volunteers who are usually professional technologists. 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