Youth’s Love-Hate Relationship With Tech In The Digital Age – Cyber Risk And Educational Institutions

Cyber Risk And Educational Institutions

When digital surveillance is higher than ever, there is a hollowing out of learning, a shallowness that comes with abuses of privacy and surveillance and from a loss of cherished human contact. Kate C. Tilleczek’s studies have revealed that several youth suggested that without the phone, they lacked the confidence to solve basic problems or feared for their safety.

Young people in her research asked that adults better attend to the myriad ways in which the digital age affects the well-being of youth. They showed how digital media affects all aspects of their lives in which well-being is measured such as health, education and social relationships.

Digital technologies have been too frequently adopted into schools with use and guideline policies that haven’t considered long-term environmental, health or ethical impacts: today, equity concerns have moved beyond worrying that poorer children don’t have devices to grappling with what it means if wealthy developers are raising children tech-free.

Industries of Higher Risk
Some industries simply have higher security risk profiles due to the nature of their work. Examples include construction businesses, entertainment venues, educational institutions, industries that deal with vulnerable persons (such as aged care), and any other business that may attract adverse behaviour from those with opposing ideologies - such as RSL clubs, places of worship and sporting organisations.

Barringtons security risk management and assessment team has decades of experience working with clients of all shapes and sizes across a broad range of industries. Their arsenal of Risk Assessment Management Services includes detailed onsite inspections, location accessibility assessment and customised risk minimisation policies. They are able to provide a quick turnaround, reporting on any weaknesses in an organisation and develop valuable solutions in helping organisations develop diverse approaches to build resilience against all types of digital risk.

Source: https://theconversation.com/youth-have-a-love-hate-relationship-with-tech-in-the-digital-age-109453

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