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Cyber Security Awareness Month timed perfectly with Optus Digital Thumbprint workshops!

Cyber Security Awareness Month coming to an end, we ran 5x timely Optus Digital Thumbprint

With Cyber Security Awareness Month coming to an end, we ran 5x timely Optus Digital Thumbprint curriculum-aligned workshops aimed at teaching young people how to be safe, responsible, and positive online!

Cyberbullying and Respectful Relationships Online: Students practiced techniques to maintain respectful relationships online. Understand the social and legal impacts of cyberbullying, and image-based abuse, and how to seek help.

Digital Discernment: Students discovered how to check for reliability when accessing online resources to understand that not everything online is a true representation of reality.

Digital Identity: Students explored their own and others’ online brands and identified differences in the way these relate to real life.

Digital Balance: Students examined their own online habits and explored how restoring and maintaining a balance between online and offline spaces can support them in their lives.

Protecting Your Personal Information: Students learned what personal information is, and actions to take to protect themselves from identity theft and scams.