Strand #3

The draft NYSED Computer Science and Digital Fluency Standards were released in January, 2020. Join us for an in-depth exploration of the Cybersecurity concept area: In a digital world, all individuals have a responsibility to protect data and the computing resources they access. Cybersecurity encompasses the physical, digital, and behavioral actions that can be taken to increase this security. These measures are meant to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of data and computing resources, as well as ensure that they are accessible to the users who are supposed to have access to them. Digital security includes understanding and identifying risks, implementing appropriate safeguards, and being prepared to respond to potential attacks. The Cybersecurity standards prepare students to understand why data and computing resources need to be protected, who might access them, and why they might do so whether intentionally malicious or not. It is important that students know how to employ basic safeguards to protect data and computing resources and how to appropriately respond if a breach occurs. What does this look like in our schools? Cybersecurity is not just for college students, anymore. Join the conversation as we take a brief walkthrough of the 5 concepts within NYSED’s Computer Science and Digital Fluency Standards. Then we’ll hone in on the Cybersecurity concept; and explore the fundamentals of cybersecurity and what that looks like in the classroom. How do we include parents and community members in this conversation to promote a “culture of privacy?”