Security Awareness for Fourth Graders
Back in November, I had the opportunity to take part in the Great American Teach In. This event takes place at schools around the Tampa, FL area and invites local volunteers to come into the classrooms to teach kids about their job. The objective is to familiarize kids with differing careers and hopefully get them excited so that they do well in school. For my experience, I spoke to a group of 4th graders regarding online safety and security. I figured a lesson in online safety would be more beneficial than teaching them the latest social engineering techniques or how to execute a cross-site scripting attack that pops up an alert box with their friend’s name in it. I can only imagine what would happen with the kids going home and telling their parents that Mr. Flick taught me the best way to break into data centers. For full-disclosure purposes, my hidden agenda in this blog entry is to convince you to volunteer next year and potentially provide some tips if you do volunteer. While this event was in the Tampa, FL area, most schools have a similar type of event.