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Fortinet Announces Free Security Awareness Curriculum for K-12 Students Tied to White House’s Cyber Education and Workforce Initiatives
Curriculum designed by teachers for teachers to provide K-12 students in the U.S. with resources to gain cyber skills, developing the cybersecurity workforce
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[{"type":"text","content":"Curriculum designed by teachers for teachers to provide K-12 students in the U.S. with resources to gain cyber skills, developing the cybersecurity workforce of the future\nSUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- John Maddison, Chief Marketing Officer and EVP, Product Strategy at Fortinet\"Expanding the cybersecurity knowledge and skill sets of our global community, including people of all ages, backgrounds, and life experiences, is essential to help close the cybersecurity talent shortage. Fortinet’s cybersecurity training experts partnered with educators to develop and make accessible a tailor-made Security Awareness curriculum to help prepare students to apply cybersecurity skills at school, at home, and everywhere they need it. Our goal is that this and all of Fortinet’s free training initiatives will create a future generation of empowered security professionals.” News Summary Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT), the global cybersecurity leader driving the convergence of networking and security, today announced the availability of a new Security Awareness curriculum to all K-12 school districts and systems in the United States at no cost to help build the cybersecurity workforce of the future and to keep students cyber safe. The announcement further supports the White House’s National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy (NCWES) and is part of the company’s commitment to helping address the significant cyber talent shortage. Today, Fortinet is also participating with the White House and other government leaders, including Kemba Walden the Acting National Cyber Director from the White House Office of the National Cyber Director, in the Cybersecurity Summit 2023 hosted at UNLV to discuss the NCWES implementation and solutions to help address the global skill gap, including such initiatives. As part of the Fortinet Training Institute’s Security Awareness and Training service, the new curriculum was developed in partnership with educators and was made specifically for students ranging from kindergarten to high school students. This curriculum can help over 55 million K-12 students nationwide and will start rolling out in the Fall 2023. The initiative expands Fortinet’s free learning offerings, including the tailored cybersecurity awareness training for K-12 faculty and staff announced last year tied to the White House 2022 ...