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.
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Facilitated by the ETTCS Erasmus+ Project and by Cisco SkillsForAll, BiASC organized a student hackathon with a challenging student final on 20 October 2023. The winning students are from Thomas More University of Applied Sciences based in Geel, Antwerp, Belgium: Bjorn Van Den Dungen and Sooi Vervloessem.
In Antwerp the Hackathon was facilitated by Gunther Van Landeghem en Liesbeth Kenens. In Brussels, it was Guido Van De Velde taking care of the organization. The students in Brussels are from Odisee University of Applied Sciences. In Wallonia the IFAPME competence center of Charleroi took part facilitated by Bob Mulumba.
BiASC is ready to facilitate more student hackathons and takes part intensively with the European Cybercup Challenge by Cisco SkillsForAll.
If you are a Cybersecurity teacher, please reach out to Yvan Rooseleer <[email protected]> for more information.
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ETTCS Empowering Teachers to Trigger Cybersecurity at School
Best practices and complementary content for cybersecurity instructors, created by experienced teachers
Erasmus+ KA2 Strategic Partnership Project
Grant Agreement Number: 2021-1-IT02-KA220-SCH-000027136
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As a future professional there is a lot of probability that you will need digital skills in order to communicate and carry out professional tasks. During the month of October 2023 there is a challenging competition "European Cybercup" for non-IT students about Cybersecurity an other essential digital and team skills.
Presentation URL: Hyperlink
The above presentation invites you to take part in the CyberCup Challenge and develop fundamental IT skills as a student within your school or as an individual. The main focus is on Cyber Security skills.
More information about the European CyberCup: Hyperlink
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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
Continue reading "EuropeanCyberCup - Intro To Cyber - 23 October to 19 November 2023" »
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Watch the video: hyperlink
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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
Continue reading "Europe North Instructor Training 2023-2024" »
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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.
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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
Sponsored By
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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
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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
Continue reading "Invite NetAcad ‘Midsummer’ Instructor Event for Europe North" »
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