Girl ScoutsSeniorGrades 9-10

Cybersecurity 2: Safeguards

Safe anywhere: travel, Wi-Fi and devices

Protect your travel documents, your Wi-Fi, your conversations, your electronics and the space around you, with a hands-on fake cafe Wi-Fi to see what an attacker on the same network can read. Covers all five steps of the Senior Cybersecurity 2: Safeguards badge.

Time
About 2 hours, in two sittings
Steps
5 badge steps, 1 with a pretend network to try on the page
You need
A computer, Chromebook or tablet. Printing is optional: every step works on screen. No account needed.
Unlock the kit, $5 I have a code

$5 for one scout: every step, the Network Simulator activities that check the work, the printable lesson, and the certificate with a page of the scout's own work.

A home Wi-Fi network in the network simulator: a laptop, a phone, a smart TV and a game console linked by dashed Wi-Fi lines, with a message leaving the phone.

Badge requirements: the 5 steps

  1. 1Protect your travel documentsRead and quizTravel documents carry exactly what an identity thief wants.
  2. 2Protect your Wi-FiTry it hereOn a shared Wi-Fi, others can be on the same network as you, and a fake hotspot can sit in the middle. See it on the network below.
  3. 3Protect your conversationsRead and quizMessages and calls can be read along the way, saved, or forwarded. Know which protections you actually have.
  4. 4Protect your electronicsRead and quizA lost, stolen or tampered-with device can expose everything on it.
  5. 5Protect your environmentCheck itSecurity includes the space around you: who can see your screen, hear your calls, or reach your devices.

Work on a computer. The apps need a keyboard and a bigger screen than a phone: a laptop, desktop or Chromebook. You can pay here and open the emailed link on the computer.

One scout

Unlock the kit, $5

  • All 5 steps, worked on screen, with a lesson you can print if you like paper
  • Network Simulator activities that check the work as it is done
  • A numbered certificate with a page of the scout's own work: your Wi-Fi notes and your safeguards plan

We email a link that opens the kit on any computer. No account needed. We keep the email only to send the kit and certificate links: privacy.

Have a discount code?
Leaders: unlock it for the whole troop

One payment and one code. Each scout types the code to unlock the kit on their own computer, and gets their own certificate at the end. Your pack page shows who has started and finished.

See a sample certificate (PDF) · Already paid? Find your link

Questions

What are the requirements for the Girl Scout Senior Cybersecurity 2: Safeguards badge?

The badge has 5 steps: 1. Protect your travel documents; 2. Protect your Wi-Fi; 3. Protect your conversations; 4. Protect your electronics; 5. Protect your environment. This kit covers all 5, with activities that check the work as it is done.

Is there a printable version?

Yes. Once unlocked, the whole lesson prints, one step at a time, for a meeting or a table. Printing is optional: every step also works on screen, and a sample certificate PDF is on this page.

What does a scout need?

A computer, Chromebook or tablet. Printing is optional: every step works on screen. No account needed. About 2 hours, in two sittings.

Can a troop leader get it for the whole troop?

Yes. A troop pack is one payment and one code: up to 12 scouts for $20, or up to 30 scouts for $35. Each scout types the code on their own computer and gets their own certificate, and the leader's pack page shows who has started and finished.

Is this an official Girl Scouts product?

No. MYTEK Lab makes the kit, and Girl Scouts badge names and steps are used with permission of Girl Scouts of the USA. The troop leader awards the badge; the certificate shows the scout did the work, with a number the leader can check.

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Girl Scouts badge names and steps are used with permission of Girl Scouts of the USA. This kit is made by MYTEK Lab; the badge is awarded by the troop.