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The new Curriculum and its impact on cybersecurity in Zimbabwe: Should we be worried?

There has been a great deal of uproar from many corners in our local society regarding the structure of the new Primary and Secondary school curriculum, but in this article I will not delve into my support for one side or the other as a whole.  What I would like to focus on though, is the Computer Science subject (which I believe is very impressive to say the least) and how it ties into the bigger picture that is cyber security. This is with respect to the growth of what are known as threat actors in cyber security and the need for everyone to take their personal and organizational security seriously. By definition, a threat actor is basically any individual who may possibly cause harm to you or your organization, be it physically or in our case, digitally.  You see, contrary to popular belief, or maybe I should refer to it as “media-based” belief, the people who can compromise your digital security, are not only just teenage hackers on the other side of the world who stay in