Every time you browse the internet, play games, use social media or shop online, you're making decisions that affect your digital safety. In this session, you'll become a Cyber Defender by learning how to protect your personal information, create strong passwords, recognize online scams and make smart choices that keep you safe online.
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CYBERSECURITY
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Discover the basics of cybersecurity through videos, discussions, and hands-on activities. You'll explore how hackers try to steal information, learn how to defend yourself using strong passwords and multi-factor authentication, and experience what it's like to respond to a real cyber attack in an interactive simulation.
🧠 You'll Learn
🧠 You'll Learn
Cybersecurity Fundamentals
Personal Information Protection
Authentication
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
Password Security
Phishing Awareness
Online Safety Best Practices
Digital Responsibility
🎯 What You'll Explore
🎯 What You'll Explore
✅🔒 Software Updates✅📧 Suspicious Emails
✅👤 Unauthorized Logins
✅⚙️ Security Settings
✅🛡️ Cyber Attacks
✅💻 Network Protection
👨💻 Recommended For
👨💻 Recommended For
Beginner Coders
Coding Camps
STEM Activities
Creative Computing
Ages 8+
🌟 Skills You'll Develop
🌟 Skills You'll Develop
Critical Thinking
Cybersecurity Awareness
Decision Making
Risk Assessment
Digital Safety
Problem Solving
🔐 NOVA Labs Cybersecurity Simulation
Become the IT security expert and defend a company against a cyber attack by making important security decisions.
🚀 Launch Simulation
🚀 Launch Simulation
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/labs/lab/cyber/research#/corp/challenge/1/social/1
💡 Challenge Yourself
💡 Challenge Yourself
✅ Complete every security decision.
✅ Explain why you chose each action.
✅ Replay the simulation and see if you can improve your outcome.
✅ Discuss which attack was the hardest to identify.
🔑 Password Strength Challenge
Test how long different passwords would take to crack.
⚠️ Never enter a real password that you actually use. Create sample passwords only.
⚠️ Never enter a real password that you actually use. Create sample passwords only.
🎥 Session Videos
📹 How Private Is Your Personal Information?
📹 How Private Is Your Personal Information?
Learn how small pieces of information shared online can reveal much more than you think.
📹 Cyber Security 101
📹 Cyber Security 101
A beginner-friendly introduction to cybersecurity and why it matters.
📹 A Cyber Piracy Parable
📹 A Cyber Piracy Parable
See how one small mistake online can quickly become a much bigger problem.
📹 What Is Phishing?
📹 What Is Phishing?
Learn how scammers trick people into revealing passwords and personal information.
📹 5 Ways to Stay Cyber Safe
📹 5 Ways to Stay Cyber Safe
Five simple habits that can dramatically improve your online safety.
📖 Did You Know?
📖 Did You Know?
Cybersecurity professionals protect everything from hospitals and schools to banks, governments, and space missions. Every secure website, mobile app, online game, and digital service depends on cybersecurity experts working behind the scenes. The habits you learn today—using strong passwords, recognizing phishing attempts, protecting personal information, and thinking critically online—are the same principles used by professionals to defend millions of people and organizations every day.
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