Cyber4Girls training held on occasion of International Day of the Girl Child

On the eve of 11 October – International Day of the Girl Child,  a training Cyber4Girls  for girls was held with financial support from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), jointly organized by the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport (MDDT) and the Electronic Security Service (ESS). About 100 girls aged 13-18 participated in the training.

The aim of the training was to educate girls on cyber security, informing them about cyber hygiene and personal data protection rules.

The participants were provided with extensive information on cyber security and cyber hygiene, personal data, their security, antivirus programs, malicious content, social engineering and phishing attacks and cyber bullying. Then interactive tasks were performed and questions from the participants were answered.

At the end of the event, the participants were awarded certificates.

It should be noted that the training was conducted in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding signed between MDDT and KOICA in September this year to share knowledge gained during the implementation of  the project “Cybersecurity Capacity Building : 2021-2023”, which was the winner under the KOICA CIAT grant programme of the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport.