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NIST Publishes Report on Digital Product Cybersecurity Education and Awareness for Design-A-Thon Event
September 03, 2025

NIST has published Internal Report (IR) 8558, Report on the Design-A-Thon: Designing Effective and Accessible Approaches for Digital Product Cybersecurity Education and Awareness. The Design-A-Thon event was organized by NIST and hosted by the Symposium in Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS) on August 11th, 2024. For the project, three teams developed cybersecurity education and awareness strategies based on mock Internet of Things (IoT) products described in the Design-A-Thon materials.

This report describes the project’s background, planning, execution, participants, and lessons learned.

Related Topics

Security and Privacy: awareness training & education, general security & privacy

Applications: Internet of Things

Created August 29, 2025, Updated September 03, 2025