Fortinet, a global leader in broad, integrated, and automated cybersecurity solutions, recently turned over more than 1,000 complimentary copies of the children’s book, ‘Cyber Safe: A Dog’s Guide to Internet Security,’ to select schools through the Department of Education (DepEd) Manila. As part of Fortinet’s commitment to closing the cyber skills gap, this donation further raises the youth’s cybersecurity awareness in time for back-to-school in the Philippines.
Co-authored
by Renee Tarun, Fortinet’s Deputy CISO and Vice President of Information
Security, the “Cyber Safe” book contains an easy-to-understand introduction to
possible dangers for children connecting online for school, video games,
streaming video shows, and more.
“Internet
usage among children dramatically increased amid the pandemic, especially with
the shift to remote and hybrid learning. This created additional threats that
impact children’s privacy, safety, and security and because of children’s
little understanding of these cyber threats, they may be more vulnerable
targets for cybercriminals,” said Louie Castañeda, country manager of Fortinet
Philippines.
“With
Fortinet’s commitment to educating the global community on cyber safety as a
way to address the industry’s skills gap, through the “Cyber Safe” children’s
book, Fortinet is helping inculcate good cybersecurity hygiene among children
by helping teach them how to behave and keep themselves safe online from an
early age,” he added.
As part of its continued collaboration with DepEd
Manila, Fortinet turned over 1,000 complimentary copies of the “Cyber Safe”
book to P. Gomez Elementary School on August 18, a few days before the start of
the new school year.
In February, Fortinet turned over 100 and 300 copies
of the “Cyber Safe” book to Ramon Avanceña High School and Aurora A. Quezon
Elementary School, respectively.
Dr. Maria Magdalena M. Lim, CESOV, schools’ division
superintendent, noted that DepEd Manila shares the same goal of ensuring cyber
safety among school children. “We are grateful for this collaboration with
Fortinet. We hope these children’s books donated to our schools here in Manila
will help guide not only our students, their parents, and teachers so we can
keep our children safe from cyber threats,” Lim said during the virtual
turnover.
Additionally, Fortinet will also provide free training
through the Fortinet Training Institute’s Network Security Expert (NSE) Certification
program, making the NSE 1 and 2 available to DepEd public school teachers. The
NSE Certification program offers eight levels of certifications ranging from
beginner to highly technical curriculum that helps develop and enhance foundational
cybersecurity skills. All self-paced courses for the NSE Certification program
are also offered
free to anyone looking to acquire or enhance their skills in cybersecurity.
“The “Cyber Safe” book complements our award-winning
training curriculum,” added Castañeda. “Our NSE 1 and NSE 2 are free self-paced
cyber awareness courses for anyone interested of all ages. We hope that through
our collaboration and this initiative with DepEd Manila, we can advance the
cyber skillsets in children as well as teachers, creating a safer digital
environment for all.
To learn more about Fortinet, visit its website at https://www.fortinet.com.
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