Fighting malware and spam

Teach your children well

David Harley NHS Connecting for Health/independent researcher
Eddy Willems NOXS and EICAR
Judith Harley Bohunt Community School, UK

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  download Eddy Willems's slides (PDF)

An article by Eddy Willems in the August 2004 edition of VB discussed his research into the security awareness of Belgian children. The authors have developed this theme by submitting a similar questionnaire to ICT pupils in the UK and using the results as a basis for an interactive presentation and discussion with several groups in the UK, and an assignment-based follow-up with different groups was undertaken early in March 2005.

The paper is not intended as a completed formal study, but considers this presentation and the issues that came up in this preliminary research as a basis for further study and teaching tools. It also considers a range of resources in the area of child safety, learning, attitudes and behaviour as they affect and are affected by the use of information and communications technology, and the influence of the media, government, and the Internet itself. While the preliminary research has largely focused on malware and email abuse, we will also consider how these areas are connected with other technologies and areas of concern among parents and educators.

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