Cybersecurity Careers Toolkit

Exploring Cybersecurity Careers:

• VSCA Cybersecurity Careers Presentation: Full of great links, statistics, and resources K-12

 

Use these guides to explore careers in cybersecurity:

• Exploring Cybersecurity Careers - Grades K-5 Using Kids Search (digital-friendly)
• Exploring Cybersecurity Careers - Grades K-5 Using Kids Search (print-friendly)
• Exploring Cybersecurity Careers - Grades 6-12 Using Career Search (digital-friendly)
• Exploring Cybersecurity Careers - Grades 6-12 Using Career Search (print-friendly)
• Cybersecurity Career Profiles - Check out 12 People with Cybersecurity Careers
• Cybersecurity Lesson Plan Ideas

 

• Kids Search - Search over 300 careers!
• Career Search - Search more than 900 careers!
• School Search - Check out your favorite colleges and schools across the U.S.
• Information Technology Career Cluster - Learn about all things IT
• Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Career Cluster - Learn about all things STEM
• Research a Career - Learn more about a career in cybersecurity with this research activity
• Career Interview - Use this resource as a guide to interview someone with a career in cybersecurity
• What Are Your Choices?  - Learn about your options after high school
• Making a Plan - Create a plan for your future

 

VIEW Cybersecurity Book Lists:

• Cybersecurity Careers PK-Elementary School Book List (digital-friendly)
• Cybersecurity Careers PK-Elementary School Book List (print-friendly)
  
  
• Cybersecurity Careers Middle School Book List (digital friendly)
• Cybersecurity Careers Middle School Book List (print-friendly)
  
  
• Cybersecurity Careers High School Book List (digital-friendly)
• Cybersecurity Careers High School Book List (print-friendly)


• Cybersecurity Careers Teachers, Counselors, and Parents Book List (digital-friendly)
• Cybersecurity Careers Teachers, Counselors, and Parents Book List (print-friendly)

 

Other Cybersecurity Resources:

For Educators

• Virginia Cyber Range - A scalable, cloud-hosted infrastructure provides your students with virtual environments for realistic, hands-on cybersecurity labs and exercises
• The K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center
• K-12 Computer Science Framework
• Cybersmart Challenge
• National Cybersecurity Training & Education Center
• Cybersecurity Glossary
• Webwise
  

For Parents

• Cyberbullying Resources
• Stop Ransomware
• CyberStart America
• National Cyber League

For Students

• KnowBe4 Children's Interactive Cybersecurity Activity Kit (K-5)
• PBS Cybersecurity Lab (K-5)
• Discovery Education Girls4Tech: Building Cyber Skills to Secure the Future Video Series (K-8)
• NJCCIC E-Learning for Students (All ages)
• K-12 Cybersecurity Guide: How to Get Started (K-12)
• US Cyber Challenge (9-12)
• National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies:
  Training Catalogue of Courses,
  Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity,
  Cyber Career Pathways Tool

Games

• Cyberchase Mission Motherboard: Help motherboard defeat hacker, play puzzles and collect things.
• Crack Hacker’s Safe: Figure out patterns with shapes, numbers and colors to find out what’s in the safe.
• Bugs in the System: Hacker has infested the cybrary with nasty bugs! Clear them out by sorting them.
• Railway Hero: Join the cybersquad to fix the Information Super Railway using math skills.
• Code Breaker: Crack the code and get into the top-secret areas at headquarters.
• FBI Safe Online Surfing: Visit the island for your grade level, complete games, and test your skills.
• Dupe Detector: Check out this resource from the National Crime Prevention Council about purchasing safe products.
• Break the Code - CIA: This Spy Kids resource asks you to decipher a code!