Students take online test on information security knowledge from March

The plan to organize the third season of the 'Students with Information Security 2024' competition has just been updated by VNISA. According to this plan, this year's competition will take place from March to May.

The online test system is expected to open in early March. The two official rounds will take place from March 20 to April 15, with the preliminary round and the final round lasting from April 22 to April 25. The award ceremony and the conference on child protection online will take place in May.

Continuing to maintain the online exam format on the website thihsattt.vn, students participating in this year's 'Students with information security' will take a test consisting of 24 multiple-choice questions in 30 minutes. The test content is general knowledge related to information security and child protection in cyberspace.

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2023 is the third year the 'Students with Information Security' contest has been held, contributing to equipping students with knowledge and skills to help them stay safe when participating in the online environment.

According to the instructions of the Organizing Committee, each student can only register for 1 contest account. After successfully registering an account, during the contest, candidates will log in to review, take practice tests and take the official exam.

After answering all the questions or the time limit is up, the candidate clicks the 'Submit' button to complete the test. The test system will automatically record the results, test time and calculate the score for the candidate. The time to open the online test system is an opportunity for students to get familiar with the test format and content. Therefore, students can take the test many times and each time they take the test, they can review their test results.

Regarding the award structure, this year the Organizing Committee will choose to award 100 individual prizes, including 3 First prizes, 8 Second prizes, 15 Third prizes and 74 Encouragement prizes. In addition, there will be 11 collective prizes awarded, with 3 First prizes for the 3 Departments of Education and Training with the highest student participation rate; 3 First prizes for the 3 schools with the most contestants participating in the contest; and 5 Second prizes for the 5 schools with the most contestants participating in the next contest.

According to statistics, in 2023, the 'Students with Information Security' contest attracted 740,250 contestants from 5,417 schools in 63 provinces and cities to participate, an increase of about 20% compared to the first year the contest was held. This year, the Organizing Committee expects the number of middle school students participating in the contest to exceed 1 million.

The contest contributes to equipping digital skills for students.

'Students with information security' is an online contest for secondary school students nationwide, organized by VNISA from 2022, with the sponsorship of 3 ministries: Education and Training; Information and Communications; Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs.

As an activity in the annual event series of VNISA, the contest aims to promote and provide knowledge and skills on safe Internet use for students and parents nationwide; create a healthy and useful playground, promote students' thinking ability, help them identify and prevent risks and dangers of unsafety in the online environment. Thereby, contributing to the implementation of the Prime Minister's program on 'Protecting and supporting children to interact healthily and creatively in the online environment'.

The Ministry of Information and Communications assessed that the contest "Students with Information Security" has contributed to equipping students with the necessary skills and knowledge to protect themselves when participating in the online environment, thereby joining hands to solve an urgent and necessary problem of society in the digital transformation period.

According to the Vietnam Cyber ​​Emergency Response Center - VNCERT/CC under the Department of Information Security (Ministry of Information and Communications), the standing agency of the Child Rescue and Protection Network in the cyber environment, after 3 years of implementing the 'Program to protect and support children to interact healthily and creatively in the cyber environment', many activities to raise awareness and equip skills for students have been implemented by agencies, organizations and businesses.

In addition to the 'Students with Information Security' contest, which has been maintained for over 2 years, many other communication and educational activities have also been organized, with the common goal of providing knowledge and skills for subjects to participate in protecting children in cyberspace.

Some typical activities include: Competition to develop game ideas on the topic of child protection; Training on child protection content on the Internet for consultants and collaborators of Hotline 111; Deploying communication channels on child protection on the Internet including website, fanpage, YouTube and TikTok of the Child Rescue and Protection Network on the Internet.

In the coming time, along with the development of the product ecosystem, the system of tools to support child protection, communication activities, raising awareness and skills will continue to be the content groups that the Child Rescue and Protection Network on the Internet will pay special attention to. Specifically, the Network will continue to promote communication on child protection online towards children, parents, caregivers, teachers and staff working in child protection.

With the popularity of the Internet and social networks in rural areas, experts say that children in rural and remote areas are also facing online risks - being scammed and bullied like children in the city.