This document discusses information security as a key competence that should be taught in education frameworks and curricula. It outlines several frameworks that reference information security concepts, including protecting confidentiality, integrity, authenticity, availability, and reliability of information. The document proposes implementing information security education through learning tasks and a planning grid for lower secondary education. It argues that information security is ubiquitous and important for students to learn about given humans' vulnerability in the digital world.

1. Prelude…
when, were and how did you backup your data?

2. Didactics of
Information Security
as a
Key Competence
Peter Micheuz, peter.micheuz@aau.at
Alpen-Adria Gymnasium Völkermarkt
Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt
Austria

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Outline
• Introduction
• IS and Frameworks
• Implemention
• Discussion

4. It is all about protecting and preserving
confidentiality, integrity, authenticity, availability, and
reliability
(ISO, 2005)
It is the study of the concepts, techniques,
technical measures and administrative measures
used to protect information assets from deliberate or inadvertent unauthorized acquisition,
damage, disclosure, manipulation, modification, loss, or use ...
(IBM dictionary, 1994)

5. Structuring a wide field
(Faked) digital identity
encryption and
verification mechanisms
data protection
offender and victim
cybermobbing
safety = security?
Privacy, etc.

6. Information Security and Didactics
Key Competence:
Combination of Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes
Theoretical Rationale in Frameworks/Curricula/Syllabi
• DIGCOMP – Digital Competence Framework
(European Commission, 2013)
• Standards for Computer Science
(CSTA, 2011)
• ECDL Security Modul

10. Further (External) Initiatives
Throughout Europe
Saferinternet (A), Klicksave (D), …
[Saferinternet-Day]

11. 13 out of 72 descriptors refer to security and protection issues
For example …
„I know the risks of communicating with persons who I know over the internet. „
„I know possibilities to check the protection of my computer and know
an expert to ask.“
„I know that there are threads in form of malware when I am exchanging
data and communicating via internet.“
„I can backup data and know about the risk of loss of data“

12. Implementation Strategy
Planing Grid
for Lower Secondary Education (KS 3)
Learning Tasks

13. Conclusion - Discussion
The digital world and humans as a vulnerable part of it are not perfect …
Information Security is ubiquitous - everybody is more or less affected
->>> NO school can afford not to deal with that matter
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14. Unfortunately there is no such key
… and if you are scary,
please do not watch the following last slide …