How well do you know cyber hygiene? The Ministry of Digital Transformation is ready to check it
18 November 2024 15:21
on November 18, the Digital Literacy Week, an annual campaign to test and improve the digital skills of Ukrainians, began. This was reported by the Ministry of Digital Transformation, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports.
As noted, everyone can join the Digital Literacy Week: citizens, businesses, NGOs, and educational institutions. To do this, you need to download the Open Pack with simple steps to improve digital skills.
“Digital literacy is a basic skill for anyone who wants to be successful in the modern world. Since the foundation of the Ministry of Digital Transformation, we have set a goal to cover 6 million Ukrainians with basic digital skills. We achieved it in a few years thanks to the Diia.Osvita platform. Now, more than 60% of Ukrainians have basic and advanced digital skills,” said Mykhailo Fedorov, Vice Prime Minister for Innovation, Education, Science and Technology Development and Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine.
What is Diia.Osvita?
It is a free and accessible platform of relevant knowledge and practical skills in the field of technology, updated in 2023 thanks to the significant support of Google.org and the Eastern Europe Foundation. Today, the platform has more than 2.3 million users and over 200 educational series in the form of educational content, simulations, tests for digital or entrepreneurial skills, and career guidance.
What Diia.Osvita offers to Ukrainians
The platform’s social media pages offer users
– tips on how to use gadgets and the Internet safely and to the maximum advantage;
– interactive activities about digital literacy;
– guides on how to use online services available for users of all ages, from teenagers to the elderly.
You can also protect yourself and your family in the digital world during the war with the help of educational series created with the support of the USAID Cybersecurity of Ukraine’s Critical Infrastructure Project:
– ” Basic Knowledge of Cyber Hygiene,
– ” Cyber Hygiene: How to Protect Yourself from Phishing,
Participants are also invited to test themselves on two simulators and a quick Cybergram test.
