Besides children and students, the state will also focus on educating other
selected target groups, specifically educators and civil servants. Educators are a key
building block of the education system, and providing them with knowledge about
cyber security is necessary to develop information literacy among children and
students, as well as the teachers themselves as citizens. This will significantly help the
education system adapt to this topic. Educating civil servants will contribute towards
greater resiliency to cyber threats among public administration bodies. End users are
a popular target for cyberattacks. In this respect, the Czech Republic must be able to
provide the appropriate support for specially educated experts to contribute towards
improving national cyber security as well as to educate and raise awareness in other
relevant groups.
Elderly people are another important population segment exposed to the
negative impacts of modern technologies. They need to be educated, especially in
the safe use of digital technologies and in recognizing disinformation. Besides the
elderly, other high-risk groups across generations also need to be educated, which
will require specific targeting.
Other educational activities will continue to include either broadly or narrowly
targeted awareness campaigns. The responsible state bodies, with contributions from
the private, academic, and non-profit sectors, will significantly help spread cyber
security awareness. These campaigns will not just increase awareness about cyber
security, but will also build trust through their open nature familiarizing and
describing the activities of state bodies as well as those in the private and academic
sectors.
A Resilient Cyber Security System
Cyber Security
Experts
National Security
Officials
Civil Servants
Society
3.3 Expanding the Qualified Base
The Czech Republic will actively create and maintain a qualified cyber security
workforce and thus develop its foundation of educated and motivated people as one
of the state’s most valuable resources. This means the country must act on two basic
levels.
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