K12 Cyber Security Poster Contest
The Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services is promoting
their annual Cyber Security Awareness Poster Contest to encourage young people
to use the Internet safely and securely and to craft messages and images that
will best resonate with their peers across the state. All public and private schools, and youth
organizations in kindergarten - 12th grades in Mississippi are eligible to
participate in the contest. The poster
contest will be launched in October as part of the National Cyber Security
Awareness Month.
The Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services will
judge all entries and will select the top 3 per grade group (K-5, 6-8,
9-12). Any entry that infringes upon
copyright will not be judged.
The winning posters from the State of Mississippi contest will be
entered into the National Poster Contest sponsored by the Multi-State
Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) division of Center for
Internet Security (CIS). The National Poster
Contest will include Kindergarten - 12th grade students in the 50 United
States, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Territories. The winning posters selected in the national
contest will be displayed in a national cybersecurity calendar, the MS-ISAC
website and may also be used in campaigns to raise awareness among children of
all ages about Internet and cybersecurity.