Girl Guides of Canada and BlackBerry Join Forces to Educate Next Generation of Cybersecurity Experts
We’re thrilled to announce that BlackBerry has teamed up with Girl Guides of Canada (GGC) to launch cybersecurity skills-based programming for GGC’s 70,000 members. The partnership announcement was made on stage as part of the keynote address at the Toronto stop of the BlackBerry World Tour.
Designed to provide girls with the necessary skill-set to spark early interest in the cybersecurity industry, the Girl Guide-led ‘Digital Defenders’ program encourages girls to take a “how stuff works” approach to cybersecurity, giving them a robust and in-depth look at industry specific topics through play and discovery-based learning.
Through the Digital Defenders program, girls (from the ages of 5 – 18) will have the chance to dive into things like how computers work, how data travels, what hacking is all about and how cybersecurity creates layers of protection. In addition to fueling girls’ interests in how cybersecurity technologies work, the program also aims to foster their curiosity about the countless tech career pathways that they can explore. We know that the demand for cybersecurity skills such as pen testing and white hat hacking is growing rapidly and within the industry it’s been well documented that we are facing a massive shortage of cybersecurity talent.
To learn more about the GGC and BlackBerry “Digital Defenders” program, please visit www.girlguides.ca/digitaldefenders.
Designed to provide girls with the necessary skill-set to spark early interest in the cybersecurity industry, the Girl Guide-led ‘Digital Defenders’ program encourages girls to take a “how stuff works” approach to cybersecurity, giving them a robust and in-depth look at industry specific topics through play and discovery-based learning.
Through the Digital Defenders program, girls (from the ages of 5 – 18) will have the chance to dive into things like how computers work, how data travels, what hacking is all about and how cybersecurity creates layers of protection. In addition to fueling girls’ interests in how cybersecurity technologies work, the program also aims to foster their curiosity about the countless tech career pathways that they can explore. We know that the demand for cybersecurity skills such as pen testing and white hat hacking is growing rapidly and within the industry it’s been well documented that we are facing a massive shortage of cybersecurity talent.
To learn more about the GGC and BlackBerry “Digital Defenders” program, please visit www.girlguides.ca/digitaldefenders.
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