Empowering Juniors through ITI Cybersecurity Academy in Egypt, Kaspersky will provide 1000 participants with Safe Kids app subscriptions through this collaboration.
The Information Technology Institute (ITI) and Kaspersky have collaborated to empower Junior Egyptian citizens with awareness tools in the cybersecurity area. The collaboration empowers the young generation with cybersecurity skills through precise educational content for “Cybersecurity for Juniors”, a new program that is part of ITI Cybersecurity Academy on Mahara-Tech.
“When it comes to children, we at Kaspersky strongly believe that early education is critical for building a safe and secure online environment. Our collaboration with ITI is another step in this direction and we aim to set a benchmark. We want to showcase the importance of partnership between the government and private companies to harness the benefits of being cyber aware and using it to protect our children, offline and online,” said Genie Sugene Gan, Head of Government Affairs & Public Policy, APJ & META Regions, Kaspersky.
Commenting on the collaboration, Dr. Heba Saleh, ITI Director said, “Our mission has always been to provide educational tools, programs and content that can help children, parents and educators easily adapt to this hyperconnected world. This is why our collaboration with Kaspersky is important. We want to elevate the level of cybersecurity awareness among children, right from an early age. We want them to be aware of online risks and enable them to cultivate habits that can keep them safe and protected online.”
ITI and Kaspersky have worked together throughout the previous years in the field of cybersecurity training for university undergraduates. ITI programs served thousands of Egyptian youth from different Egyptian governorates, who graduated from different academic backgrounds, thanks to the rich programs that built on their academic experience leveraging their future employment opportunities.
Understanding that early education can benefit children to be safe online, Kaspersky will provide effective, entertaining and interactive content in Arabic to tackle topics such as online cyber risks, data privacy and cyber bullying. To make cybersecurity topics easier to understand and learn, children and parents will also have access to Kaspersky’s second internet safety storybook (titled “Midori Kuma and a very special race”) in Arabic on the platform.
