13 Winners Selected in National Cybersecurity Poster Contest
New York 8th Grader Wins First Place
EAST GREENBUSH, N.Y., and WASHINGTON D.C., April 28, 2022 – The Center for Internet Security, Inc. (CIS®) and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center® (MS-ISAC®) have announced the 13 winners of the national “Kids Safe Online” poster contest. The winners were selected from more than 260 submissions from across the country.
The contest is open to students in grades K-12, and the goal is to educate kids in age-appropriate ways about the dangers lurking online and ways to protect themselves and their communities. Students create artwork, illustrating various issues related to cybersecurity, from cyberbullying to responsible social media usage, and what to do if they are contacted by a stranger online.
“Cybersecurity is more than just about protecting data and systems. It’s also about protecting another invaluable, irreplaceable resource—our children,” said Karen Sorady, CIS Vice President of MS-ISAC Member Engagement. “We’re so incredibly proud of these contest winners who, through their creativity, are reminding us of the importance of promoting smart choices online among the next generation.”
The winning artwork will be featured in the 2023 cyber safety kid's activity book.
Congratulations to this year’s national winners:
First Place - Madelyn, Grade 8
2nd – Maylin, Grade 12
3rd – Megan, Grade 5
4th – Leila, Grade 3
5th – Valentina, Grade 5
6th – Eliana, Grade 12
7th – Alisa, Grade 7
8th – Jacob, Grade 11
9th – Teagan, Grade 7
10th – Layan, Grade 6
11th – Karlie, Grade 7
12th – Ana Alicia, Grade 8
13th – Atikiss, Grade 4
The contest is open to all students in public and private schools, and youth organizations in kindergarten through 12th grade in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, and U.S. and military installations in foreign nations. Home-schooled students submit entries directly to the MS-ISAC each year.
As the world continues to shift towards online resources, we will be electronically distributing a cyber safety kid’s activity book that includes cybersecurity-related crossword puzzles, vocabulary sheets, word scrambles, coloring pages, and the poster contest artwork.
Please note that the Kid’s Safe Online Poster Contest will continue each year.
To arrange an interview with a CIS cybersecurity expert about the poster contest and/or ways kids can stay safe online, contact Kelly Wyland, Media Relations Manager at [email protected], or call/text 518-256-6978.
About CIS:
The Center for Internet Security, Inc. (CIS®) makes the connected world a safer place for people, businesses, and governments through our core competencies of collaboration and innovation. We are a community-driven nonprofit, responsible for the CIS Critical Security Controls® and CIS Benchmarks™, globally recognized best practices for securing IT systems and data. We lead a global community of IT professionals to continuously evolve these standards and provide products and services to proactively safeguard against emerging threats. Our CIS Hardened Images® provide secure, on-demand, scalable computing environments in the cloud. CIS is home to the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center®(MS-ISAC®), the trusted resource for cyber threat prevention, protection, response, and recovery for U.S. State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial government entities, and the Elections Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center®(EI-ISAC®), which supports the rapidly changing cybersecurity needs of U.S. election offices. To learn more, visit cisecurity.org or follow us on Twitter: @CISecurity.