Institution «State Archive of the Gomel Region» took part in the action «Decade of Cybersecurity «CyberChildren»

On May 26, 2023, an information day was held at the State Archives of the Gomel Region (hereinafter referred to as the GAG).

In order to counteract cybercrime and improve the digital literacy of the population, a meeting of archive workers was held in the reading room of the institution under the general title «CyberChildren Cybersecurity Decade».

In his report, the software engineer of the department of IPS and AAT GAG Tishchenko T.Yu. explained what personal data is and how to handle it. In her speech, Tatyana Yuryevna paid special attention to the rules of safety on the Internet. She gave some advice on what links you should not follow, how to safely download information, make purchases on the Internet, and also what to do if you have already become a victim of online fraud.

Also Tishchenko T.Yu. brought to the attention of the team information about what cyberbullying is and what actions should be taken in case of bullying on the Internet. She told who the drops are, who becomes a drop and how to distinguish an offer to become a drop from other job offers.

In addition, the regional archive has recommended that its employees hold explanatory talks on cybersecurity issues in their families.

During the event, archivists asked a number of questions to the speaker, to which exhaustive answers were received.