” The national K-12 cybersecurity finding out requirements are important to offering the next generation of students with the abilities and knowledge to pursue cybersecurity professions, eventually helping fix the cybersecurity workforce space,” said Kevin Nolten, Director of Academic Outreach at CYBER.ORG. “For the first time, educators have a roadmap for consistently teaching cybersecurity to students in each grade band throughout the country. We are thankful to all our partners who dedicated their time to making the requirements an incredible success and anticipate assisting states embrace the requirements in the coming year.”

CYBER.ORG has actually released the nations first voluntary K-12 cybersecurity learning standards to be used to in schools and districts around the nation. As the United States continues to deal with an onslaught of sophisticated cyberattacks, there are more than 464,000 unfilled cybersecurity positions across the country.

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As the first nationwide effort to align cybersecurity knowing criteria across all 50 states, the K-12 cybersecurity finding out standards intend to develop a strong, more varied talent pipeline to secure U.S. nationwide security and preserve U.S. competitiveness on the world phase, while assisting attend to the cybersecurity workforce lack. States now have the choice to embrace the K-12 cybersecurity finding out requirements ahead of the 2022-2023 academic year.

Laura Ascione is the Editorial Director at eSchool Media. She is a graduate of the University of Marylands prominent Philip Merrill College of Journalism.