spring break and summer camp · ages 8 and up
Cybersecurity Coding Camp for Kids in Frisco, TX
In this engaging cybersecurity camp, ninjas will explore the fundamentals of cybersecurity, learning how to identify and defend against various cyber threats. They'll dive into key topics such as online safety, secure passwords, and data privacy.
- MakeCode
- Minecraft Education
In the camp
What they do
The projects they work through in the camp, one at a time.
A digital footprint investigation
Four stations, four invented suspects, and the job of working out who they are from what they posted. Nobody forgets what personal data means after this.
A password, cracked
Working out a made-up character's password from their profile - the pet, the job, the favorite color. It is the most effective argument against a weak password anyone has found.
Defenses against both attacks
Having done a brute-force and a social-engineering attack, they work out what would have stopped them.
A password generator they code
Arrays of words, an index, and user input - a real program that solves the problem the week just demonstrated.
A data-defense challenge in Minecraft
Protecting data and seeing off attackers inside Minecraft Education Edition.
The concepts behind it
What they are actually learning
The camp is the reason they turn up. These are the ideas they use to do it, shown the way they meet them, and they are the same ideas behind any programming language they pick up later.
Public and personal data
public favorite gamepersonal date of birthpersonal street you live onWhich facts are harmless on their own and which are not. The detective stations work because several harmless ones add up to an answer.
Variables
set password to ""set word to user inputA named store for information the program needs later. Here it holds the pieces a password is built from.
Arrays
set words to listindex 0 is the first valueindex 1 is the secondget words at random indexA list in one variable, counted from zero. The generator picks from it rather than from a handful of separate variables.
User input
ask which words should it use?set word to the answeradd word to wordsA program that asks rather than assumes, so the password it makes is memorable to the person who will have to type it.
What they leave with
By the end of camp
Taken from the camp's own curriculum, not written for this page.
- Understood the importance of privacy and security
- Created their own secure password generator
- Learned how to identify various phishing scams
- Learned how to defend against various cyberattacks
- Showcased their knowledge on an investigation board
When it runs
Next Cybersecurity Coding camps
Pick a date to book.
9am to 3pm, bring a lunch.
After camp
Loved our camp? Keep building all year.
Create is our core coding program, where a ninja builds real games in JavaScript and works up through the belts. The first session is free, so they can try it before you decide.
Before you ask
Common questions
Does this teach my child to hack?
It teaches them how they would be hacked. They crack invented characters' passwords from invented profiles, then spend the rest of the session working out what would have stopped them. No real accounts, no real tools.
Is it frightening?
No. It is run as detective work on made-up people, and the part they remember is being good at it.
Is there real coding?
Yes. The week builds to a password generator using variables, arrays and user input.
What should we do at home afterwards?
Most ninjas go home wanting to change a password, and that is the right instinct. The camp covers what makes one hard to guess.
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