“Introducing Cybersecurity” is a playlist of videos that can help get students excited and interested about career prospects in the field. Whether feeling hesitant, hurried, harried, or even helpless, educators and counselors of all kinds will find something at their level to make cybersecurity a relatable, viable study and career pathway for their students.
Read MoreCybersecurity Education on the Rise
Twenty years ago, few people thought much about K-12 engineering education. Now it’s a foundation of science education at all levels. Cybersecurity education seems to be following a similar path. Read more to see why.
Read MoreNot Just for Tech-Heads: How to Swell the Ranks of the Cybersecurity Workforce
Enlarging the future cybersecurity workforce will require new ways of talking about the field to more diverse groups of students. The first step is showing how much more than just technical knowledge gets rewarded in the field.
Read MoreHow to Show Students that Cybersecurity Can Work for Them
The Start Engineering Cybersecurity Student Workbook can open up possibilities and opportunities in the field for students with all kinds of interests and backgrounds. And to meet our cybersecurity needs, we need students from every related field to make their own, unique contributions. For the classroom, afterschool, career night, or at home, this Workbook will point students to the cybersecurity career that’s right for them.
Read MoreIn Cybersecurity, Change Describes Education and Threats Alike
Cybersecurity education is the long-term solution to workforce needs, and exciting things are happening in the field. Find out how gamification, competitions, and integration with other K-12 subjects can open the field up to new populations of students who might not think they belong.
Read MoreMany Called, Few Ready: the Cybersecurity Workforce
The rapidly growing cybersecurity workforce is perpetually a work in progress. Changing threats plus still-limited training resources make for a difficult hiring environment. But the bots, malware, phishing scams, and viruses keep coming! Find out how to get students and teachers alike started on understanding cybersecurity education and career pathways.
Read MoreGet to Know Cybersecurity Education
First of its kind in print, our Cybersecurity Career Guide shows middle and high school students what jobs in the field are really like and how to find their way into them. One of the fastest-growing, most important fields in the country, cybersecurity offers opportunities for students of all backgrounds and interests.
Read MoreCybersecurity Education Is Quickly Coming of Age
Cybersecurity education is fast becoming both necessary and popular. Right now, it’s more common in afterschool programs than formal K-12 education. But that will and should be changing.
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