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Cybersecurity and schools: why is it important to focus attention on cybersecurity at school?

Cybersecurity is a critical issue for educational institutions, including schools. In today's digital age, schools rely on technology and the internet for various administrative, educational, and communication purposes. Protecting sensitive information, ensuring student and staff safety, and maintaining the integrity of educational resources are essential aspects of cybersecurity in schools. 

EuropeanCyberCup - Intro To Cyber - 23 October to 19 November 2023

Networking Academy and SkillsForAll are inviting Networking Academy instructors to enroll students in the new "Introduction to CyberSecurity" course on the new SkillsForAll platform. The goal is to involve new IT students enrolled at your academy. It is possible to also allow business students to enter the Learn-A-Thon, because the content is relevant for any professional.

Phase 1 - All students - Participate in the Learn A Thon - Introduction to CyberSecurity

The "Learn-A-Thon" runs between 23 October to 19 November. Your students need only to spend 6 hours of their time during the competition weeks.
In this part as many as students are required in order to allow your institution to gain entrance to  the next phase.

Phase 2 - Cisco European Battle Royale, a contest to become Cybersecurity champions

The Top 16 Academies participating with the highest points will be invited with a group of four students to a "Capture The Flag" competition on 1 December.
The competition will be at the complexity level of CCST CyberSecurity and CCST Networking Essentials.

Access to the Course for BiASC Members

• Students are able to access the course using the following hyperlink
  Click on Get Started to enter the course
  Your students will be recognized based on their email address. There is no personal information.
  Information for students: hyperlink
• If you would like to create your own competition course, read the instructions below.

Cybersecurity is crucial

Watch the video: hyperlink

• Need for Cybersecurity
• Cybersecurity Courses from Awareness to Career
• Digital Badges
• Certifications
• Cybersecurity Career Path

Europe North Instructor Training 2023-2024

For the seventh time, the Belgian IT Academy Association & Support Center is involved in the Europe North Instructor Training organized throughout the academic year 2023-2024. For all members the online training will be in the form of interactive webinars.

The first session of each track giving an overview and a planning is planned in the week of 30 October. After registration you will receive all the necessary details to join your training session. More than 500 participants from the Benelux, the Scandinavian countries and the Baltic states have been invited . It is important to enroll as soon as possible. The main input from the BiASC instructor trainers are the Cybersecurity tracks, the Networking tracks and the Infrastructure Automation tracks.

Individual Instructor Registration: hyperlink

Overview of the options

CyberSecurity at School: The Importance of Educating on Cyber Security of Digital Environments

Cybersecurity is a branch of IT security that includes the tools and technologies used to protect digital systems from external threats and attacks aimed at accessing, transforming, or destroying information, disrupting workflows within companies or institutions, etc.

While attention has recently begun to focus on these issues, especially by companies and public administrations, cybersecurity is still rarely addressed when it comes to digital in schools.

Cybersecurity Made in Belgium

Agoria and its executive sponsors, the Ministry of Defense and the Centre for Cyber Security Belgium (CCB), conducted the first-ever socio-economic study on the cyber security sector in Belgium. Verrry interesting ...

Hyperlink Report: https://www.agoria.be/en/digitisation/cybersecurity/whitepaper-first-socio-economic-study-on-the-cyber-security-sector-in-belgium

NetAcad Conference - Iceland - August 2022 - Cyber Security learning paths, best practices and tools

From 25 until 30 August 2022 a conference for sixty instructors and education managers of Networking Academies was organized in Iceland. Instructor Trainers from BiASC have been active at the conference presenting Cyber Security learning paths, best practices and tools.

Conference Location Tækiniskólinn (Technical College Reykjavik), located at Háteigsvegur 35-39, 105 Reykjavik

Images from the event showing sessions about cybersecurity topics facilitated by Liesbeth Kenens, Gunther Van Landeghem, Tom Cordemans en Yvan Rooseleer

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SECCON Security Community

The SECCON community focuses on knowledge sharing and collaboration in Cybersecurity

SECCON NL is a podium for experts to share insights into the security, privacy, trust, and resilience of networks, systems, services, and applications as well as novel ways for dealing with vulnerabilities and mitigating sophisticated cyber-attacks.

Launch event: September 22, 2022 from 9:00 AM-5:00 PM CET at Muntgebouw Utrecht

The event offers the community an interactive learning experience to build new relations, and create fresh energy to deal with the many challenges in the cyber security domain.

More information: Hyperlink

Digitization & Education: NetAcad & SkillsForAll

Cisco Networking Academy: CyberSecurity Pathway

Everyone experiences the impact of digital technologies in our economy and society. Digitization has an impact on economic growth, reducing unemployment, improving quality of life, and boosting citizens' access to public services. The demand for IT professionals and employees with basic digital skills to support digitization is huge: currently there are over 750K open ICT jobs in Europe. This gap is expected to lead to 1.7 million unfilled ICT vacancies in 2025. 

Networking Academy Program
The Cisco Networking Academy Program has been around for 24 years to bridge this gap. Three million students globally last schoolyear were enrolled in Cisco NetAcad courses, more than 15 million students since inception. It is the mission of Cisco Networking Academy to enable the IT-workforce of the future to transition to the labor market, thereby bridging the gap experienced in our labor markets.

Skills For All
A new platform, SkillsforAll.com has been launched. This platform brings free, mobile friendly, and gamified courses for students on Cyber Security, Networking, Programmability, IoT, Digitization, Packet Tracer, and Python.

This includes for example a renewed and innovative Cybersecurity Pathway Evolution:

For students to achieve the following Cisco-recognized and Industrial grade certification for instance this Cybersecurity Pathway:

Information Sessions
It is possible to register for an international info session, or to have a dedicated session on special request
URL: Information Sessions Registration Form

Contacts
Yvan Rooseleer, BIASC ASC/ITC Manager, Belgium, [email protected]
Rik Bleeker, CSR Manager Europe North [email protected] | www.cisco.nl/dvn

 

Invite NetAcad ‘Midsummer’ Instructor Event for Europe North

Event will be postponed due to the special circumstances => August 2023

All NetAcad Coordinators and Instructors are invited to the NetAcad 'Midsummer' Instructor event for Europe North on Thursday the 14th and Friday the 15th of May 2020 in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Why attend?

This first edition of the NetAcad Instructors Event for the Nordics, Baltics and Benelux, presents you with the opportunity to emerge yourself into the cutting-edge technologies that are part of the Networking Academy course portfolio. In addition, you will have the unique possibility to share your experiences with international peers. The event will educate and inspire you to lead your students into the digital workforce of the future.

Moreover, attending the conference as a Benelux Academy offers plenty of opportunities for partnerships with Cisco Networking Academies in the North of Europe  and the Baltic States.

Venue

Tækiniskólinn (Technical College Reykjavik), located at Háteigsvegur 35-39, 105 Reykjavik

Click here to register and see the event program