Grades K-2
Cyber Scouts
First steps online. Kind clicks, safe screens, and asking a grown-up, with coloring pages and print-and-play activities for home.
ITG Digital Defenders
Raising the next generation of cyber heroes
Cybersecurity education for kids in grades K through 12. Through games, missions, and hands-on activities, kids learn to stay safe online, spot the tricks, and protect their digital world. Teens can go further with ITG NextGen, our career skills builder.
Four squads, every grade
A squad that grows with your kid
Every grade band gets its own squad, its own missions, and its own way of learning. Kids level up as they grow.
Grades 3-5
Cyber Rangers
Password power, spotting strangers online, and smart sharing, learned through games and team missions.
Grades 6-8
Cyber Agents
Phishing detection, digital footprints, and social media smarts, with arcade-style challenges that put skills to the test.
Grades 9-12
Cyber Guardians
Digital footprints, password safety, cyberbullying, privacy, and the habits of a safe, confident digital life.
How it works
Learning that feels like play
Digital Defenders lives in a safe online clubhouse where each squad has its own space, missions, and rewards.
- Join your squad. Kids enter the space built for their grade band, with content that fits their age.
- Play the Cyber Arcade. Games and challenges teach real skills, from spotting phishing to building strong passwords.
- Complete missions. Hands-on activities, including printable ones for the youngest Scouts to do with a parent.
- Earn your badges. Kids collect achievements as they level up, building confidence along the way.
For teens and high schoolers
ITG NextGen
Our teen career skills builder and career exploration area. When teens want to go beyond digital-life skills, NextGen is where they explore cybersecurity careers, build workforce-ready skills, and earn industry certifications before they even graduate.
- Real career skills. Hands-on learning built around the work cybersecurity and GRC professionals actually do.
- Certifications in high school. Teens study for and earn industry certifications while still in school.
- A head start on the future. Graduates step out with skills, credentials, and a bridge into ITG Learning Academy.
For schools and organizations
Partner with us
Bring Digital Defenders to your school or district
We partner with schools, districts, libraries, and youth organizations to deliver age-appropriate cybersecurity education at scale, complete with ready-to-run curriculum and engaging activities for every grade band.
Every kid can be a cyber hero
Reach out to enroll your child, or bring Digital Defenders to your school, library, or community group.