October is internationally recognized as cyber security awareness month. This year as part of the Cyber Protection Strategy pilot initiative communicated to the boards on June 30, the ministry has committed to developing and sharing resources to improve boards’ cyber resilience and mitigate the impact of cyber threats on students, educators and school boards. The following two resources are now available for the boards.
Cyber Awareness Month 2021 – CLICK HERE FOR THE CALENDAR PDF
To support the K-12 Cyber Awareness Month (K-12 CAM) in October 2021 – resources have been developed in partnership with school boards and the Educational Computing Network of Ontario (ECNO) and were informed by industry and sector best practices. The K-12 CAM campaign (https://ecno.org/cyber/
As these and other resources become available, we encourage you to share the resources within your board and continue to advocate for greater awareness of good practices to help reduce cyber risk – helping to keep our students, educators, schools and school boards better protected online.
Cyber Awareness Calendar (2021/2022 school year)
To support a year-round focus on improving online safety, protection of privacy, and cyber security, please find attached a cyber tips calendar also available online (https://ecno.org/cyber/
Both resources are available in French and English and have been targeted to a range of audiences: students, parents and educators. Your feedback on how we might continue to improve the quality of our resources is welcomed.
If you have any questions about the resources, please contact the project team at EDU.broadband@ontario.ca.
We look forward to continued collaboration with you in your cyber protection efforts in support of safer, more secure, school boards, schools, students and educators.
Yours sincerely,
| Nancy Naylor |
