Dubai’s cyber education plan is a smart model for small businesses to build secure teams from the ground up. Here’s how to replicate it—step-by-step.

Why Cyber Education in Dubai’s Schools Is the Wake-Up Call Small Businesses Need

Cyber education isn’t just for tech nerds, school kids, or the IT department anymore. It’s becoming a must-have survival skill, and Dubai clearly gets that. Starting in the 2025–2026 school year, their education system is embedding cybersecurity lessons across Grades 1 through 12. That’s right, first graders will now get equipped with the frameworks and vocabulary to recognize cyber threats, and it only gets more hands-on from there. Small businesses, take note: if 10-year-olds are learning this, so should every adult clicking around your workplace network.

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