Online Child Safety

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Online Child Safety

• Cyril Voisin Chief Cloud and Security
  AdvisorMicrosoft Gulf

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Initiatives

• Awareness campaigns (content from Microsoft can
  be licensed for free)
• parents
• children (age-appropriate advice)
• teachers (ready to deliver courses)
• Technologies / solutions
• Parental controls
• PhotoDNA
• CETS
• Partnering with governments, NGOs and private
  companies
• ThinkUKnow
• UAE Higher Child Protection Committee
• Facebook

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Parents (awareness)

• top 3 online risks for children
• Exposure to inappropriate content
• Cyberbullies
• Invasion of privacy and online fraud
• talk to your children about cyber risks
• think awareness and behavior (be skeptical)
  before technologies
• many devices
• many locations
• teach them to recognize and report problems

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Behavior (children)

• Your behavior can increase or lessen these risks
• Trust your instinct! And tell your
  parents/teacher immediately if they you feel
  threatened or scared
• Never go alone to meet an Internet friend in
  person and ask permission before going
• Think before you post, the Internet never
  forgets
• Be protective of your personal information

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Technologies (for the PC)

• Keep your system and applications updated on a
  regular basis
• More recent software is more secure than older
  software (Windows 7 vs Windows XP, IE9 with
  Smartscreen vs IE8)
• Use an up-to-date antimalware (free Microsoft
  Security Essentials)
• Let your firewall on
• Dont use illegal software
• (Leverage parental controls)

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Thank you!

• http//microsoft.com/security