FCIM students promoted online safety among students from the “Ion Luca Caragiale” Gymnasium

On Internet Safety Day, an educational activity dedicated to primary school students was held at the “Ion Luca Caragiale” Gymnasium in the municipality of Chisinau, focused on developing responsible online behavior.
The activity was supported by students of the Information Security study program within the Faculty of Computers, Informatics and Microelectronics (FCIM).
Adrian Angheluș, a graduate of the “Ion Luca Caragiale” Gymnasium, returned to the institution where he studied, this time as a student, together with his colleagues Buza Alin and Cristioglo Alexandru (SI-253 group).
They discussed with the students simple but important rules for internet safety, such as protecting personal data, responsible communication in the online environment, avoiding interactions with unknown people and the importance of asking for help from an adult when unclear situations arise.
To make the messages easier to understand, the students also presented the educational cybersecurity game “Spoofy”, through which children can learn, in an interactive way, how to recognize risks in the digital environment. The game is used as an educational tool in promoting cyber hygiene, and among the collaborators involved in its promotion is UTM Cybercor.
The activity was carried out with the support of the head of the Information Security study program, Astafi Valentina, and the deputy head of the Department of Software and Automation Engineering, Cojocaru Svetlana, who constantly supports digital education initiatives and collaboration with pre-university education institutions.
Such meetings contribute not only to informing students, but also to forming a culture of online safety from an early age, and the involvement of students in such activities shows the important role of the academic community in the digital education of society.