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ECSO WG5 aims to contribute towards a cybersecurity capability and capacity-building effort for a cyber resilient next generation (NextGen) digital Europe, through increased education, professional training, skills development, as well as actions on awareness-raising, expertise-building and gender inclusiveness.
Mission & Objectives
The working group focuses on the following issues:
- Education & skills: Skills verification, minimum curricula and industry cooperation (universities), Youth4Cyber (education modules ages 6-26), including the most appropriate tools and learning methods to develop applicable capability, such as cyber ranges.
- Training/operational competences: EHR4CYBER (HR/jobs), building up a cybersecurity training and exercise ecosystem, as well as a European Cyber Range Community.
- Awareness/cyber hygiene/gender inclusiveness: Women4Cyber Foundation's national chapters, role model campaigns, etc., collaboration on awareness campaigns with EU institutions/Agencies; etc.
- Human factors: Link with citizens and civil society on aspects related to ethics, privacy, awareness, fight against cyber-crime, and societal impact.
Ongoing work
- Gather the cyber range community and showcase cyber ranges in Europe through a Call to Action and the organisation of workshops for different target groups.
- University/Higher Education level: Develop minimum curricula guidelines for cybersecurity courses for university, higher education and professional training providers.
- School level: Implement Youth4Cyber modules at national level with the support of Members. International cooperation with ITU is under discussion.
- Advocate skills verification through the "Top 10 abilities" initiative (which skills are needed for specific tasks or scenarios) and contribute to the development of a European cybersecurity skills framework (ENISA ad-hoc WG).
- Support HR/recruitment efforts in cybersecurity and work on implementing a job/competence platform.
- Transversal activity linked to wider marketing/communications effort: Raise awareness on basic cyber hygiene & cybersecurity solutions (through ECSO's Awareness Calendar) and support EU and Members’ awareness initiatives.