2020 INNOVATIONS IN CYBERSECURITY EDUCATION PRACTICE WINNER As Mobile Health (mHealth), Electronic Health (eHealth), Telehealth, and Digital Health are ever-growing in use, so are the cybersecurity risks within these platforms. This publication explores a fantastic toolbox and concept that global public health researchers can utilize to help them implement technologies
2020 INNOVATIONS IN CYBERSECURITY EDUCATION EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES WINNER To address the lack of attention to the at-risk youth population, this pilot Cybersecurity program provided an engaging, encouraging and supportive environment for these students to prepare for college. This resulted in all students obtaining college-level cybersecurity credit and some passing different
2020 INNOVATIONS IN CYBERSECURITY EDUCATION STRATEGY WINNER How can they know they’re capable if they can’t try? A first of its kind, this Cyber Challenge is Girl Scouts of the USA’s national STEM challenge that provides a positive space where girls can not only gain confidence, but also a glimpse
2020 INNOVATIONS IN CYBERSECURITY EDUCATION PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT WINNER Being an educator at the post-secondary level can be challenging, especially with so many choices for content that should be included in a cybersecurity program. This helpful guide for two-year program professors can assist in the creation of both career and transfer
Escape Rooms earns top billing in Innovations in Cybersecurity Education Sometimes playing games is the best way to learn and is especially helpful with tricky subject matter. The 2019 Innovations in Cyber Education winner in Instruction—Thinking Outside the Box-Using Escape Room Games to Interest Teachers and Students in Cybersecurity—uses challenges
An educational pathway that moves everyone at the same pace A typical school of thought is that everyone learns the same way and receives the same amount of information, especially when it comes to cybersecurity education. But that’s not always the best or most successful method. This year’s Innovations in
More than 50 creative ideas, projects and programs were submitted and five winners earned honors and recognition in the National CyberWatch Center’s (NCC) Innovations in Cybersecurity Education award program. Awards crossed four categories: evidence-based strategies, instruction, practice and program development. Winning submissions were: Pathway to Advancement in Cybersecurity Education; Thinking
SHAZAM! Building a universe from the ground up isn’t an easy task, especially when working on filling the cybersecurity workforce pipeline. But Comic-BEE pulled it off with their innovative, comic-based education and evaluation tool that won Best Student Learning Aid in the 2018 National CyberWatch Center’s Innovation in Cybersecurity Education
In October of 2017, Girl Scouts from the Florida Panhandle converged on Gulf Coast State College in Panama City for a day-long journey into cyberspace. Girls of all ages took their mission to make the world a better place into the realm of computer science and cybersecurity. Kat Murphy, a
Face recognition gets you into your phone. Voice activation turns on your lights. Finger scans unlock your devices. We live in an era where we are inundated by methods keeping us connected via the Internet of Things (IoT). The future is smart, but are we? How are these smoke detectors,
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