AI has ramped up the speed and scope of cyber attacks at the same time as it has made cyber defenses more agile and effective. One thing that hasn't changed – the need for people with interest and skills to put their talent and energy towards making the internet safer for all of us. Read more to find out how to help get students interested and prepared for careers in this important, rewarding field.
Read MoreNear-Viral Videos to Start Students on Cybersecurity Career Paths
“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 MoreHow to Help Tweens Outsmart Online Risk
During this Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we’re excited to announce our latest publication, Outsmart Cyberthreats. It’s equal parts online safety guidance and career awareness for middle schoolers. Kids will learn how to take informed control of what happens with their data when they use the internet and to make informed decisions about possible career paths in the field of cybersecurity.
Read More9 Cyber Crime Documentaries to Scare You Off the Internet
To learn what really happens to our data online, documentaries will give you a fuller picture than the movies. So far, so obvious. But be warned – you’ll need a strong stomach to go back online after watching some of these titles.
Read MoreWhy (and How) to Do K-12 Cyber Career Awareness "Backwards"
Career awareness in K-12 is not working very well for the tech-driven, rapidly-changing workforce that awaits students upon graduation. To fix this problem, we think career awareness should be done “backwards.” That’s how our career awareness program works. What does all this really mean? Keep reading to find out.
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 MoreGet Students Started in Cybersecurity with CyberCAP
Cybersecurity education means more than just certifications and technical knowledge. It’s about problem-solving, advanced communications skills, and a grasp of the larger context — geopolitical, legal, economic, ethical, or historical. CyberCAP, our new career awareness program, can show students all about it.
Read MoreBringing the "Security Mindset" into Focus
It takes a certain something to succeed in cybersecurity — some call it the “security mindset.” These tickling, teasing brain games can help students discover their inner “security mindset” and point them towards a future as a cybersecurity whiz.
Read MoreHow to Know and See Aptitudes for Cybersecurity
Success in cybersecurity has something – but not everything – to do with technical expertise. Find out why computer science and engineering grads might not be the best people to recruit for work in the field.
Read MoreHow to See Cybersecurity as a STEM Field
In the areas of career preparation, ethics, and multi-disciplinary learning, cybersecurity education can extend the capacities of STEM education to serve the interests of both student and country. That’s not to say it’ll be easy to do.
Read MoreCybersecurity Summer Camps Are Heating Up
Summer camps in cybersecurity have proliferated all across the country in short order. Camps offer varied learning opportunities for students of all kinds, whether going to college or straight into the workforce. And many camps take aim at a startling gender gap in the field, offering girls-only environments for a different kind of learning experience.
Read MoreOur Cybersecurity Gift List Makes Hacking a Part of Holiday Cheer
When can lying, cheating, and bluffing add to holiday cheer? When you give the gift of cybersecurity-related fun and games. Our gift list this year runs from conniving to Kanoodle, with stops in between for anyone with a taste for coding, cats, or cryptography!
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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