Cybersecurity Schoolhouse Rock
Avi McGrady
DEF CON 32 Creator Stage · Day 1 · Creator Stage
In "Cybersecurity Schoolhouse Rock," Avi McGrady presents a compelling and urgent call to action for integrating **cybersecurity first principles** into the kindergarten through 12th-grade (K-12) education system. Drawing from her personal experience as a high school graduate and a victim of a childhood Roblox account hack, McGrady highlights the widespread absence of foundational cybersecurity curriculum in schools across the nation. Her talk serves as both a critical analysis of the current educational void and a practical framework for addressing it, emphasizing the necessity of equipping students, teachers, and administrative staff with essential digital literacy and defense skills.