Hands-on Project Oriented Cybersecurity Education for High School Students
Qiaoyan Yu, Sandeep Sunkavilli, Mashrafi Alam Kajol, Mohammad Mezanur Rahman Monjur, Nishanth Chennagouni, Diliang Chen, Karen H. Jin · 2024
Cybersecurity workforce shortage has emerged as an important concern for the nation. Although there are existing training programs for adults, cybersecurity education for K-12 students still needs significant effort. This work introduces three hands-on-oriented cybersecurity education programs: demo projects for a field trip tour, tech camp, and summer research camp. Through our outreach activities, we identified the knowledge gap between the current high school science curriculum and cybersecurity education at college. Moreover, we learned promising ways to engage high school students to prepare for future studies in the field of cybersecuritvy,