K-12 Resources

RESOURCES

• https://www.schoolsafety.gov/
• https://cyber.org/
• https://www.cisa.gov/stopransomware/k-12-resources
• https://k12cybersecure.com/
• https://www.k12six.org/
• https://www.cisecurity.org/ms-isac/k-12
• https://www.oakgov.com/it/security/Pages/k-12.aspx
• https://www.hackerhighschool.org/

EVENTS

• https://www.k12cybersecurityconference.org/
• NICE K12 Conference
• https://www.hak4kidz.com/

SOCIETIES

• National Cybersecurity Student Association
• CyberUSA
• National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS)
• Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS)
• Women’s Society of Cyberjutsu
• International Consortium of Minority Cyber Pros (ICMCP)
  

COMPETITIONS

• President's Cup Cybersecurity Competition
• NIST Cybersecurity Awards
• NICE Challenge Project
• CyberStart America
• US Cyber Challenge
• Nova Cybersecurity Lab
• CTF Beginner’s Quest
• Cyber Patriot
• National Cyber Club
• National Cyber League
• National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition
• National Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition
• picoCTF 
• CyberUp-PowerUp Cyber Games
• Business Professionals of America Cybersecurity Competition
• CTF Time
• SANS Holiday Challenge
• Cyber Skyline
• Camp - Gen-Cyber

GAMES

• Crytpo Go card game
• [D0X3D!] game
• Cyber Threat Defender game
• The Security Cards
• Backdoors & Breaches Card Game
• SQL Murder Mystery
• Defend the Crown
• Education Arcade

CLUBS

• GenCyber
• Girl Scouts Cyber Badges
• iD Tech Cybersecurity Camp
• Cyber Tech Girls
• Tech Girlz
• CybHER

CAREERS

• Cyber Seek
• K12 CyberTalk
• Girl Security
• Cybersecurity Youth Apprenticeship Initiative (CYAI)
• Cybersecurity Guide
• Cybrary

INTERNSHIPS

• https://www.apprenticeship.gov
• https://www.nist.gov/nice/apprenticeship-finder

READINESS/PROGRAMS

• National Cybersecurity Center
• Cyber Readiness Institute
• National Cybersecurity Alliance
• K-12 Cybersecurity at Home
• NCYTE Center

EDUCATION/TEACHING

• Cybersecurity Curriculum Guidelines for High School
• CAE Community - K-12 Path
• U.S. Cyber Range
• Outsmart Threats
• C5 Cybersecurity Concept Lessons for AP CSP Course
• Teaching Security
• Cyber.org
• Cybersecurity in K-12 Education Syllabus
• National Cyber Education Program (NCEP)
• Project Lead the Way
• WozEd – Cybersecurity
• Cybersecurity Resources for High School
• The Cyber Citizenship Initiative
• Teach Cyber
• National Initiative for Cyber Security Education (NICE) - NIST
• Testout K-12

REPORTS

• https://k12cybersecure.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/StateofK12Cybersecurity-2020.pdf
• https://edtechevidence.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/FINAL-K12-EdTech-Funding-Analysis_v.1.pdf

NEWS STORIES

• https://www.edsurge.com/news/2022-01-26-epic-outages-of-edtech-tools-show-k-12-schools-are-vulnerable-to-cyberattacks
• https://securityintelligence.com/news/what-is-k-12-cybersecurity-act/
• https://preyproject.com/blog/cybersecurity-risks-k12-schools
• https://marketscale.com/industries/education-technology/school-cybersecurity-strategies-as-ransomware-attacks-hit-56-of-k-12/
• https://www.cosn.org/the-tsunami-threat-of-k-12-cybersecurity/

SECURITY PRACTICES

• https://misecure.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Essential-Cybersecurity-Practices-for-K12.pdf
• https://rems.ed.gov/docs/Cyber_Safety_K-12_Fact_Sheet_508C.PDF
• https://www.oakgov.com/it/security/Documents/Cyber_Incident_Response_Plan%20.docx

SECURITY SOLUTIONS - VENDORS

• https://www.sonicwall.com/solutions/industry/k-12-education/
• https://www.dell.com/en-us/dt/industry/education/security-transformation.htm
• https://duo.com/solutions/k-12
• https://www.sonicwall.com/solutions/industry/k-12-education/

 

Note: These useful resources were compiled from different sources on the net.  This list is not the exhaustive list though.  We acknowledge and thank all the owners and administrators of those websites for all the useful information and resources on their websites pertaining to cybersecurity.  We give a special thank to Teach Cyber for a good list of K-12 related cybersecurity related links, which can be checked at https://teachcyber.org/resources/