How to stay & secure online (Kids 11-14 years)
Get Cyber Safe Canada
Learn how to secure your accounts, devices and connections to maintain strong cyber safety best practices. Your online accounts contain a lot of information about you. Make sure that the information stays where you want it to by keeping your accounts secure. Visit https://getcybersafe.ca to learn more about free resources.
UK National Cyber Security Centre
Watch, participate and learn with the NCSC’s interactive video and supporting resources for 11–14 year olds.
Young people are growing up in an increasingly digital world, exposing them to both the opportunities and risks of the internet.
CyberFirst: How to stay secure online highlights some of the most common cyber scams and malicious activity that a pre-teen and teenage internet user might come across and empowers them to make choices to keep themselves more secure online.
Lesson plans, assets and practitioner guidance
The videos are supported by three lesson plans together with delivery guidance and subject matter factsheet. The materials are all quality assured by the PSHE Association.
Practitioners working with 11–14 year olds can use these materials to build on the subjects introduced in the video and start conversations with students about online security. The activities will help students to get an actionable understanding about how to keep themselves more secure online.
Cybersecurity course directory
Canadian Directory of Cybersecurity Courses
Check out this excellent resource to find cybersecurity courses across Canada.
Tutorials
4 Step Tutorial
Did you know you can check if your Anti-Malware program is working?
1) Download and save file to desktop as eicar.txt
2) Update and run your AV program
3) Your AV should detect the .txt as if working.
4) If not, reinstall AV program
Wireshark for Threat Hunting
How to use Wireshark for threat hunting exercises. Examine two use cases:
1) How to detect unauthorized access
2) Examine a USB for malicious activity.
The Dark Web - Privacy & Anonymity
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Cybersecurity Research
Women in Cybersecurity Workforce Study
This study is being conducted by the Women CyberSecurity Society (WCSS) which is a registered non-profit organization dedicated to providing support and resources to women in the cybersecurity industry. Our goal is to aid in the retention and recruitment of women in the cybersecurity workforce. In order to do that, we need research that records the issues, challenges, and barriers that discourages women from entering and sometimes remain in the industry.
This survey also examines demographic information as well as inherent bias, lack of diversity & inclusion, and lack of support.
- All personally identifiable information (PII) will be anonymized.
- No PII information will be shared with third parties.
The results of the survey will be posted here in the coming months once the research project has completed.
If you wish to collaborate with us in this research, please email us at contact@womencybersecuritysociety.org.
Women in Cybersecurity Workforce Study