Dr. Mike Swize - former superintendent at Palm Springs Unified School District - shares his thoughts on some of the secondary benefits of building a cybersecurity culture: it is a great way to expose students to the many benefits of cybersecurity.
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You know, cyber security is a really hot topic right now. Just any Google search will come up with, you know, hundreds of thousands of, of results.
I think in the public education space, there's an opportunity for us. Number one, not just to make sure that we're keeping our students' data safe, but also that we're preparing our students for a future career that could include something like cyber security.
So many school districts have very, very high quality CTE or career technical education programs.
And it's critical that we make sure those programs for our students are on the very cutting edge of the careers for the future.
Again, many school districts do great job of educating their kids for careers, but not always educating them for future careers. And certainly cyber security is one of those future careers.
Just think about all of the data and the hundreds of millions of you on a daily basis, and the potential for huge computer systems to be shut down, like we saw recently in Las Vegas. Like, it's happened to some school districts. It's happened to some private industries. The weak point can to just be like a fishing link or an false email, how many times have we heard or seen an email asking, look like it's coming from one of our colleagues asking us to send them really quickly some Apple gift cards.
That's a scam, right? We know that, but it still happens. It happens frequently. In fact, you know, I- I was in district where by accident, somebody had their entire paycheck go to an a missed cash app account.
And it's just because of really well meaning people with great hearts who dedicated their lives to working with children. They click on a link or they fall victim to this false email that's not really even from within the organization.
It's so important to make sure that our staffs are completely trained, that they have all the tools necessary, and that the way. It's a it's we're a human organization, right, not a computer organization. So we need to make sure that all the humans in organization have all the tools that they need to make sure that we're keeping our system data safe.
Mike Swise, mkuu wa zamani wa Palm Springs Unified School District, anashiriki mawazo yake juu ya faida za pili za kujenga utamaduni wa usalama wa mtandao: ni njia nzuri ya kuwafunua wanafunzi faida nyingi za usalama wa mtandao.  Usalama wa Mtandao: Si Neno la Kawaida Tu! Gundua jinsi kuweka data ya mwanafunzi salama inafungua milango ya kazi ya baadaye katika uwanja huu wa mahitaji ya juu. "Kama ""Mwanzilishi wa Kazi na Ujuzi wa Cyber"" (CITES), unajifunza jinsi shule hazifundishi tu, lakini pia zinafanya kazi ya wanafunzi wa siku zijazo na ujuzi wa usalama wa mtandao wa hali ya juu na vitu kama mafunzo ya usalama wa mtandao, ""Mwenye Utayari wa Kazi na Ujuzi wa Cyber"" (CITES) - Kufunua jukumu muhimu la programu za CTE za juu katika kuandaa wanafunzi kwa kazi za kiwango cha kuingia." ️ Jihadharini na Click rahisi: Mifano ya ulimwengu halisi kuonyesha jinsi moja phishing barua pepe inaweza kusababisha uharibifu - somo kwa wanafunzi na wafanyakazi sawa.  Ujasusi wa Binadamu dhidi ya Tisho la Cyber: Kuangazia hitaji muhimu la mafunzo ya kina ili kuepuka udanganyifu wa cyber unaozidi kuwa wa hali ya juu. Usalama wa mtandao ni mada ya moto sana sasa hivi. Kwa hivyo utafutaji wowote wa Google unaweza kupata matokeo ya maelfu ya matokeo. Nadhani katika nafasi ya elimu ya umma, kuna fursa kwa ajili yetu. "Hata hivyo, ""si tu kuhakikisha kwamba tunaweka data ya wanafunzi wetu salama, lakini pia kwamba sisi ni kuandaa wanafunzi wetu kwa ajili ya kazi ya baadaye ambayo inaweza kujumuisha kitu kama usalama wa mtandao.""" Shule nyingi za wilaya zina programu za elimu ya kitaaluma za hali ya juu. Ni muhimu kuhakikisha kwamba programu hizi kwa wanafunzi wetu ni juu ya makali ya kazi ya baadaye. Kwa mara nyingine tena, wilaya nyingi za shule hufanya kazi nzuri ya kuwaelimisha watoto wao kwa kazi, lakini sio kila wakati kuwaelimisha kwa kazi za baadaye. Kwa hakika, usalama wa mtandao ni moja ya kazi za baadaye. Kwa mfano, kwa sababu ya idadi kubwa ya watu wanaofanya kazi na mamilioni ya watu wanaofanya kazi kila siku, kuna uwezekano mkubwa wa kuanguka kwa mfumo mkubwa wa kompyuta, kama tulivyoona hivi karibuni huko Las Vegas. Kama, ni kilichotokea kwa baadhi ya wilaya za shule. Ni kilichotokea kwa baadhi ya viwanda binafsi. "Kama vile ""kuvuja"" au ""kuvuja"" barua pepe, ni mara ngapi tumesikia au kuona barua pepe inayouliza, inaonekana kama inatokana na mmoja wa wenzetu akituomba tutume haraka kadi za zawadi za Apple?" Hiyo ni udanganyifu, sawa? Tunajua hilo, lakini bado hutukia. Jambo hilo hutukia mara nyingi. Kwa kweli, nilikuwa katika wilaya ambapo kwa ajali, mtu alikuwa na mshahara wake wote kwenda kwa akaunti ya programu ya fedha iliyopotea. Na ni kwa sababu tu ya watu wenye nia nzuri na mioyo mikubwa ambao wamejitolea maisha yao kufanya kazi na watoto. "Wanaweza kubonyeza kiungo au kuanguka katika barua pepe bandia ambayo haikutoka kwa shirika.""" Ni muhimu kuhakikisha kwamba wafanyakazi wetu wamezoezwa kikamilifu, kwamba wana vifaa vyote muhimu, na kwamba njia. "Hii ni kwa sababu sisi ni ""mwanadamu"" na sio ""kampuni ya kompyuta.""" Kwa hivyo, tunahitaji kuhakikisha kuwa watu wote katika shirika wana zana zote wanazohitaji kuhakikisha kuwa tunaweka data zetu za mfumo salama.