Cybersecurity Education

Delivering digital security
education globally

We believe that cybersecurity education is key to helping people benefit from the full potential of technology while ensuring their digital safety. By sharing our know-how with vulnerable groups and society in general, we strengthen people’s digital resilience, increase interest in these topics and contribute to a better, innovative and modern world.

6 MILLION+

visits to our key educational platform
Safer Kids Online in 2023

28 000+

downloads of handbooks and other materials
for parents, guardians and teachers in 2023

165 000

external participants received cybersecurity
training by ESET experts in 2023

How we create a safer world

We spread awareness about the safety of the youngest and most vulnerable among us. Safer Kids Online (SKO) is our global platform is with resources for children, parents and teachers, focusing on creating a safer online environment for children

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Partnerships and collaborations

We support local communities with a focus on vulnerable groups. We form partnerships with educational institutions and other organizations to develop initiatives supporting our main goal - to help people benefit from the full potential of technology while ensuring their digital safety.

Security Girl

The Slovak NGO “Aj Ty v IT” and ESET have been creating and educating a community of security ambassadors in high schools - Security Girls - for several years. Security Girls subsequently share their knowledge with their communities. ESET brings high-quality learning content and experience to the project and Security Girls come to our offices for training

STARMUS4Schools

Part of the STARMUS Earth festival powered by ESET in May 2024 was a free event organized for 4000 schoolchildren from all over Slovakia. The focal point was a motivational speech by ethologist and conservation activist Jane Goodall, followed by a cybersecurity lesson by ESET CEO Richard Marko, and a motivational speech by astronaut Chris Hadfield. Watch it in full here.

Global impact through cybersecurity trainings

We encourage our experts to share their valuable know how on digital security with the world. By connecting with local communities, we can enhance their cybersecurity literacy and skills. ESET experts regularly train teachers, primary and high school students, parents and the wider public on topics such as mobile device security, digital identity, how to spot hoaxes and fake news, how to use AI responsibly, and many more.

Digital Skills (Slovakia)

Since 2019, ESET has been part of the Digital Skills initiative organized by Business Leaders Forum (BLF). ESET experts provide digital skills training to teachers and in 2023, around 100 teachers were trained during 5 training sessions.

Digital Competence Coordinator (Slovakia)

The program is meant for primary school teachers, and it is based on the need to increase the digital literacy and competence of teachers, allowing them to make more effective use of modern technology when teaching. In 2023, nearly 178 teachers have been trained by ESET experts. We also contributed €5,000 to ensure the activities of the program.

MiniTech MBA (Slovakia)

ESET co-creates the content of this unique education program that focuses specifically on women in IT. In May 2023 we hosted and trained two study groups of 30 participants. So far, about 200 Mini Tech MBA participants have attended visits at ESET, and 7 of them have found career opportunities in our company.

Security Girl (Slovakia)

The Slovak NGO „Aj Ty v IT“ and ESET have been creating and educating a community of security ambassadors in high schools – Security Girls – for several years. Security Girls subsequently share their knowledge with their communities. ESET has trained over 60 Security Girls in the past three years with a reach of 1600 Security Girl peers taught by them in 94 training sessions.

BVB Safer Kids Camp (Germany)

In cooperation with BVB KidsClub and BVB Learning Center, ESET organized a one-day event called Safer Kids Camp for children aged 9 – 14 and their parents. ESET’s security experts prepared an event jam-packed with interactive activities and delivered 2 workshops for children about fake news and phishing and 1 workshop for parents with expert on cybercrime as a guest speaker.

Vodafone PLAYzone Arena Cybersecurity Trainings (Czech Republic)

In cooperation with Vodafone PLAYzone Arena in the Czech Republic, we delivered 8 training sessions on digital security for children between the ages of 13 and 15. Out of 188 participants, almost 80% rated the training as good or very good, and all participants declared they have learned something new.

Academia ESET (Latin America)

Academia ESET is the largest e-learning platform focusing on digital security in Latin America. The platform offers both free and paid courses that have allowed more than 160 000 users to learn more about how to be safer when using the internet and other technology.

Greater Than Tech Workshop (US)

In collaboration with local NGO Greater Than Tech and other cyber businesses in the region we participated in the event aimed at girls ages 14 – 21. During the workshop participants learned about cybersecurity basics, safeguards and coding. Different career options were also introduced.

Girl Scouts (US)

In cooperation with the San Diego Cyber Center of Excellence (CCOE), the Girl Scouts San Diego, Booz Allen Hamilton, the First Citizens Bank, and Sand Diego State University, ESET hosted 2 interactive workshops for 110 San Diego Girl Scouts ages 8-10. The girls learned how to stay safe and keep information private online. And best of all, the girls were armed with a toolkit to teach and encourage their families, friends and communities to be more cyber savvy and secure online.

School visits (Slovakia)

Our experts introduce ESET to primary and secondary schoolchildren, provide cybersecurity training and showcase our excellent research. In 2023 we hosted more than 900 children and young adults in Bratislava and Košice.

Our Stories

ESET Commute.Protected.

We saved 10,000 kg of CO2! In June 2024, our global community used eco-friendly transport, sharing our journeys to protect the planet.

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Celebrating exceptional women in cybersecurity

Since 2016, ESET awards scholarships to empower women, and for their achievements, academic excellence, and dedication to pursuing careers in STEM.

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Diverse Employee Resource Groups

ESET supports women in cybersecurity through Employee Resource Groups (ERGs). Watch Viktória Ivanová and Carrie Brown discuss ERGs’ impact on our teams.

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