16 Dec 2021
SG Cyber Youth Odyssey
A learning roadmap for SG Cyber Youth programme
The SG Cyber Youth Odyssey was announced by Dr Janil Puthucheary, Senior Minister of State (SMS), Ministry of Communications and Information, at the inaugural Advanced Youth Cyber Exploration Programme (A.YCEP) Capture-the-Flag (CTF) Competition organised by the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) on 15 December 2021.
2 Cybersecurity is an important growth sector in Singapore’s economy and digital future. As our economy digitalises further and cyber threats continue to grow in scale and sophistication, there is a growing need to build up our cyber talent pipeline today, to meet tomorrow’s demand. Under the SG Cyber Youth programme, CSA supports youths in pursuing a cybersecurity career through facilitating access to cybersecurity bootcamps, competitions, learning journeys, career mentoring sessions and school talks. The programme is one of the key initiatives under Foundational Enabler 2: Grow a Robust Talent Pipeline of the newly updated Singapore Cybersecurity Strategy 2021. SG Cyber Youth has reached out to more than 12,000 youths since 2019.
3 The SG Cyber Youth Odyssey is a learning roadmap [1] which provides clear milestones to guide students in their cybersecurity journey. It is developed in consultation with educators, industry practitioners and training partners. The four stages of the learning roadmap, ‘Excite’, ‘Explore’, ‘Experience’ and ‘Excel’, will guide students with varying degrees of cybersecurity knowledge to explore and further their interest in cybersecurity through participating in activities under SG Cyber Youth, including Youth Cyber Exploration Programme (YCEP), A.YCEP and SG Cyber Olympians. Each stage builds upon knowledge of the previous stages and guides youths towards deeper understanding of cybersecurity topics. The topics covered in the roadmap are wide ranging, and they include fundamentals of cybersecurity, and technical areas such as penetration testing and network security.
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