Hear from high school students as they reflect on their current experiences as well as their plans for the future.

Moderator: Samina Mondal, University of Virginia

Panelists:

Lakeidra Smith, University of Alabama

Jessi Lanum, Purdue University

Steve Boyce, Marymount University

Hear from higher education students as they reflect on their high school experiences, their preparation for their higher education career, their current experiences and their paths for the future.

David Raymond , Director of the Virginia Cyber Range and Deputy Director of Virginia Tech’s IT Security Lab

The winners of the student competition will be announced.

Kyla Guru, freshman at Stanford University, founder of Bits N’ Bytes Cybersecurity Education

Kyla will share her story of becoming a social entrepreneur in the cybersecurity industry at the age of 14, the challenges she has faced, and what she believes should be the greater mission of all cybersecurity initiatives. Guru can use her unique perspective as a student, a threat intelligence researcher, and a consultant with a background in offensive security to talk about what she sees for the future of the K-12 cybersecurity education industry, and, of course, strategies on how your organization can make radical change in securing the pipeline and our future. For educators, Kyla will share a “toolkit” for sparking conversation about cybersecurity and privacy in your classroom, and fostering the ongoing culture of accountability that comes with the conversation. Kyla will focus on how to solve the communications challenges that cybersecurity faces and how “genzennials” and “Gen Alpha” can be well fit to be secure citizens, conscious consumers, and meet future cybersecurity workforce needs.