Cyber Security Merit Badge
New course scaffold for cyber security fundamentals, online safety, and counselor review preparation.
What this badge covers
Scouts work through the course requirements in order, review key ideas, and prepare to explain what they learned with real examples during counselor review.
Badge summary
Cyber Security Merit Badge helps Scouts understand how people protect devices, networks, and information in a connected world. It covers online safety, ethics, threats, defenses, encryption, and practical security habits so Scouts can recognize risks, make sound decisions, and talk through real cybersecurity situations with a counselor.
What Scouts should be ready to do
- Learn how the badge topic affects everyday life and modern technology.
- Practice safe, responsible, and ethical use of digital tools and information.
- Work through guided activities in sequence and save your progress by course.
- Prepare to discuss your work with a merit badge counselor.
Ready to begin?
Start the guided merit badge path and work through each requirement in order.