2025-04-26 –, Seminar Room 1
Should a three-year-old have their own phone?
Children face numerous dangers online, from cyberbullying and predatory behaviours to data privacy risks. This talk explores the key challenges kids encounter on the internet and the evolving threats they face. We'll discuss the importance of building awareness among parents, educators, and IT professionals, and look into strategies to protect children in a connected world.
As children become more immersed in the online world, they face unprecedented risks that many parents, educators, and even security professionals struggle to keep up with. From cyberbullying and online predators to exposure to inappropriate content and data privacy concerns, protecting kids online is becoming increasingly challenging. In this discussion, we will explore the most pressing dangers children face today, and provide practical, actionable steps that adults can take to safeguard young users. We'll cover tools, techniques, and strategies (and maybe even make a few of our own!) to help create a safer online experience for the next generation of potential security leaders...maybe.
1 - Complete beginner friendly. Suited to anyone including younger people, newbies, parents etc.
Organisation or Affiliation?:A final-year cybersecurity who has been researching Child Online Safety and how we all learn this cybersecurity stuff for the past 2 years.
I'm a passionate person who likes to support others and help remind them of what's possible when you don't give up.