North Dakota Mandates K-12 Cybersecurity Curriculum

First state in the nation to do so.

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This is an interesting development: “North Dakota is first state to approve required cybersecurity education.”

I am positive that other states will replicate North Dakota’s legislative actions in the coming months. It is a natural progression, given all the threats and nefarious actions by criminals and nation-states to scam money from individuals and institutions.

The question I have (I was educated as a teacher, by the way) is where do you put the curriculum? In science, social studies, math perhaps? How about as a word problem: “If Johnny is asked for $10 in ransom money, and he only has $5 in his piggy bank, how much more money does Johnny need to get from his parents to pay the ransom?”

Reading, writing, arithmetic and cybersecurity are the order of the day.
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Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.