‘Sour’ campaign equips students, youth with cybersecurity skills

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KUWAIT: The National Cybersecurity Center on Tuesday concluded its 2026 national cybersecurity awareness campaign, “Sour”, after reaching 1,215 students at ...

KUWAIT: The National Cybersecurity Center on Tuesday concluded its 2026 national cybersecurity awareness campaign, “Sour”, after reaching 1,215 students at government secondary schools and engaging young Kuwaitis in producing videos on digital safety. Organized in partnership with the Education Ministry, Kuwait Finance House (KFH) and CODED Academy, the campaign combined visits to 12 schools across Kuwait with a content creation “mediathon” for Kuwaitis aged 15-25, the center said in a statement.

The campaign takes its name from Kuwait’s historic wall, a symbol of protection, resilience and collective responsibility. It promotes cybersecurity awareness as everyone’s first line of defense against digital threats. The school tour ran from Oct 11 to Nov 10, covering one boys’ school and one girls’ school in each of the six educational districts: Capital, Hawally, Farwaniya, Ahmadi, Jahra and Mubarak Al-Kabeer.

Students in grades 10-12 took part in sessions covering cybersecurity, social engineering, online fraud, strong passwords, two-factor authentication and digital footprints. The Education Ministry coordinated the visits with participating schools. The “Sour” mediathon, held on Oct 23-24, brought together 125 young participants in 35 teams, giving them the opportunity to move from receiving awareness messages to creating their own.

CODED Academy hosted the training day, during which participants learned how to turn cybersecurity topics into clear public awareness messages. The National Cybersecurity Center hosted the competition the following day. Teams developed their ideas, wrote scripts and produced videos of no more than 60 seconds using content creation tools and artificial intelligence. The event resulted in 35 short awareness videos for publication.

Maryam Al-Enezi, director general of the Education Ministry’s General Department of Educational Support Services, said the ministry was keen to strengthen partnerships with state institutions and the private sector…

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