Cybersafety | Cyber Safety When talking about cyber safety, various terms are used synonymously and interchangeably. These terms are explained below. In short, cyber safety means being secure online. The online environment is rife with threats to our safety and security.
Naturally, we wish to mitigate these threats where possible, not only as an organization but also in our individual capacities. These threats are everything that can prove a risk, e.g. a publically accessible internet connection, phishing emails, suspicious links, downloadable documents or apps. Cyber safety helps to avoid those risks but also helps to protect against their consequences, because it is impossible to avoid all hazards.
Even when someone complies with all customary security requirements, they could still become the target of an attack. Taken literally, information security means securing information or data, such as research data or personal data. Information is increasingly being stored digitally in information systems, apps or websites.
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What are the 4 C’s online safety?
Understanding KCSIE’s Four Cs of Online Risk This webinar will provide designated safeguarding leads, senior leaders and teachers with an understanding of the four categories of online risk as defined by, including what approaches schools and colleges can take to help safeguard children from harm.
- Eeping children safe in education makes it a statutory requirement that schools safeguard children and young people from potentially harmful and inappropriate online material.
- The guidance states that whilst the breadth of issues classified within online safety is considerable and ever-evolving, they can be categorised into four areas of risk; content, contact, conduct and commerce.
In this webinar, Gary Henderson, a cyber security expert with over 20 years’ experience working in education, explains what the four Cs of online risk are, how schools can keep pupils safe and what advice they can provide parents and carers to help support a whole-school community approach.
Understanding what the four main categories of online risk are, how they can overlap and the important contextual role that technology has to play in each area. Recognising some of the different types of risk that can be associated with each category and exploring how these may manifest online. Identifying ways to try and minimise or mitigate the levels of risk and what tools and techniques to try and keep children safe from harm. Realising the positive aspects that technology and the online world can bring and ensuring there is a balance between limiting access and promoting positive digital citizenship. Recognising how to overcome the challenges associated with the four Cs and technology and identifying the core elements required to help keep children safe online.
: Understanding KCSIE’s Four Cs of Online Risk
What are the 3 C’s online safety?
– Areas for online risks can be categorised into the 3 C’s – Content, Contact and Conduct, and can be commercial, aggressive or sexual in nature as shown in the table below. Children are keen to explore the online world but are often not mature enough to manage or understand the risks they come across. Helping your child to manage these risks at home can be achieved by asking your child
Where they are going and what they see ? – this will help you talk about content risk. What they do online? – this will help you understand any conduct risks and see whether they are chatting on anonymous sites or posting comments about themselves. Who they are talking to? – this will help cover the contact risks, particularly if their online friends are people they do not know offline.
It is essential to be realistic – banning the internet or technology will not work and it often makes a child less likely to report a problem. Education around the safe use is essential.
What is online safety and security?
Online Safety? – While cybersecurity protects devices and networks from harm by third parties, Online Safety protects the people using them from harm by the devices and networks (and therefore third parties) through awareness, education, information and technology.
It is what we call the appropriate approach to personal safety when using digital technologies. Online Safety is being aware of the nature of the possible threats that you could encounter whilst engaging in activity through the Internet, these could be security threats, protecting and managing your personal data, onliine reputation management, and avoiding harmful or illegal content.
It isn’t about scaremongering, it isn’t about criticism and chaos, it’s about focusing on the positive and enriching side of digital life whilst recognising its challenges and how to best approach them.
Why is online safety so important?
How your computer could be at risk – Most people store a lot of personal information on their computers. If you don’t protect your computer properly when you’re online, it’s possible that personal details could be stolen or deleted without your knowledge.
Why is cyber awareness important?
It helps employees understand the importance of cybersecurity and teaches them how to identify potential threats and respond appropriately. Security awareness training also provides employees with the knowledge and skills needed to recognize, report, and prevent security incidents.
