Cybersecurity Academy

Cybersecurity Academy (CSA) is an initiative that spreads awareness of online safety among young people, and sparks curiosity and interest in technology and IT. CSA is a joint initiative of Young Scientists and IBM, with support from MSB. Many teachers find it difficult to raise the profile of cybersecurity in the classroom if they lack technical knowledge. With CSA, all teachers, regardless of their IT knowledge, can work on cybersecurity and digital literacy in the classroom. In cooperation with companies in the IT sector, CSA offers schools lectures with IT experts, as well as teaching materials all the way through primary and secondary school. Students learn about digital footprints, strong passwords, hacker attacks, online source criticism and much more. The support is free of charge to the school and linked to the curriculum. To reinforce cybersecurity as an extracurricular interest, CSA has also launched the first cybersecurity holiday school in Sweden, where participants learn about encryption, programming and cyber defence, among other things, for the third year running.