Each club is slightly different, based on the girls participating. The typical club meets once a week with each week a piece of a large project is worked on in teams. There is no homework assigned, but the girls tend to work on the projects on their own time. A facilitator assists the students and leads the discussions on learning. We found very early on that the girls who participated were more excited to work together to solve problems, preferred not to compete, but collaborate and did not like being blindly throw into a project. Our program was designed around enhancing these traits found in females to ensure a more engaging learning environment.
Program
Students will be exposed to various cybersecurity topics and projects focusing on the skills to be a white-hat hacker. Each student will learn how to collect and analyze Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) required for effective social engineers, be exposed to basic command and scripting required to be effective penetration testers, as well as be learning various penetration testing tools and defenses to protect against malicious actors.
Curriculum
This program is built to immediately have the students learning skills that can be put to use not only in the program but in all their studies. The curriculum is designed to be a valuable learning tool for each girl, but does not demand homework or extensive time after school to finish assignments. The curriculum is designed so that during each meeting a critical skill is taught in a manner that in less than two hours students have immediate satisfaction and value earned.
Commitment by the School
Each school that desires to have a local Cyber Warrior Princess group needs to ensure that there is a facilitator available who can host meetings weekly or bi-weekly. There is much flexibility built into the curriculum so each school can establish a program that works well for them. There will need to be an internet connection and computers for the girls to use during the time of the meeting. There is no cost for schools to have a program! Email us today to start a Cyber Warrior Princess group at your school!