Technology: Cyber Security

Teaching cyber security with a focus on safety and ethics has grown rapidly in importance over the past few years. Securing your personal computer and protecting classroom computers  plays a crucial role in protecting our nation’s Internet infrastructure.

Moreover, teaching our children on how to become cyber citizens now will better ensure they don’t become cyber crime victims in the future.

USA TODAY provides a daily window on the world and gives special attention to the rapidly changing technology field. Our reporting explains new technologies and fosters an in-depth knowledge of cyber topics which prepare students for the Information Age, even as it unfolds around them.

2009-2010 Cyber Security Lessons

• Cybercriminals can’t get away with what they used to
• As the market tumbles, cyberthieves log on
• Raids on federal computer data soar
• How to avoid cyberscams
• Scams are feeding on desperation
• Cybercrooks work hard to "crack the code" on social sites
• Cybercrooks profit by 'squatting' on brand names
• Project-based learning

Archived Lessons

• Hackers Want To Be Your (Malicious) Friend
• Meet A-Z, He's Behind A Cybercrime Wave
• Bush Pushes Cyber Security
• Screening Cargo A Mammoth Duty
• Rudeness, threats make web a cruel world
• Identity theft's a big pain
• Is our homeland cyber secure?
• The not-so-long arm of the law
• Parents and the Web: ‘Complete dichotomy’
• Cybercrooks turn to hacking many applications
• Cybercrooks lure citizens into international crime

Case Study

• Cyber Security