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Girl Scouts get cyber security badge

───   07:39 Sun, 18 Jun 2017

Girl Scouts get cyber security badge | News Article

Alongside cooking and camping, the Girl Scouts of America will soon be able to earn a cyber security badge.


CNN reports that the organisation announced this week the first of 18 new badges debuting in the fall of 2018. 

The Girl Scouts, founded in 1912, have long received badges when they mastered certain topics or skills. 

The cyber security badge will launch in partnership with security firm Palo Alto Networks. 

According to Girl Scouts CEO Sylvia Acevedo, the organisation surveyed its members to learn which skills they wanted to acquire. 

The findings showed a strong desire for technical education. 

The Girl Scout cyber education programmes will be designed to encourage girls to pursue a career in the field. 

The focus for younger Girl Scouts will include data privacy, cyber bullying and protecting themselves online. 

Older members will learn how to code, become white hat (or ethical) hackers and create and work around firewalls, Acevedo said.


CNN



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