Worms, viruses, Trojan horses, and spyware: BEWARE! The National
Science Center, or NSC, is now training kids to stay safe from
cyber attack malware when they’re surfing the web or using email
and cell phones. A new online game called Cyber Swarm Defenders
is targeted to 6th-8th grade students and is also appropriate
for younger students. The game is part of the NSC’s newest Cyber
Ops education outreach program. The NSC is a public-private
partnership between the U.S. Army and NSC, Inc., that uses its
resources to stimulate and increase science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics, known as STEM, proficiency in U.S.
students, especially those in grades 4-9. “Anything we can do to
make the young students of our country understand the cyber
threat and get them excited about STEM technologies has a big
payoff,” said Ron Ross, chairman of the NSC. “Educating students
about cyber security threats and how to counteract them is
imperative,” said Mike Krieger, the Army deputy chief
information officer, who serve