"picoCTF Empowers Teachers to Bring Cybersecurity Education Into Their Classrooms"

Carnegie Mellon University's (CMU) picoCTF has introduced students of all ages to the field of cybersecurity through its annual Capture-the-Flag competition and year-round educational platform for more than a decade. Recent outreach efforts by picoCTF included bringing together high school teachers from across the US for the first-ever National Security Agency (NSA) GenCyber Teachers' Program. During the five-day in-person camp, attendees were introduced to new tools, resources, and best practices in cybersecurity education. Teachers left the experience with lesson plans that are ready to be implemented in the upcoming school year. David Brumley, professor in CMU's Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and co-founder of picoCTF, emphasized that training teachers is the only way to expand cybersecurity education. This article continues to discuss picoCTF and how it helps to close the cybersecurity talent gap.

CyLab reports "picoCTF Empowers Teachers to Bring Cybersecurity Education Into Their Classrooms"