Child-Centered Security

Abstract

Children are spending more time online through the use of digital toys, games and the internet. These activities make children potentially vulnerable to security threats. This position paper puts forward an argument for and against creating a new research discipline in child-centered security, as a fusion of user-centered security and child computer interaction.Child-centered security, child-centred security, computer security, child computer interaction.

Children designing privacy warnings: Informing a set of design guidelines

“…Building safe and secure systems for children is more complicated than simply placing children at the centre of any design and development task (Dempsey, Cassidy, & Sim, 2016). Online safety is mediated by parents, carers, teachers, industry and policy makers who all have a role to play in keeping children safe (Hartikainen, Iivari, & Kinnula, 2015).…”

Age-appropriate password “best practice” ontologies for early educators and parents

“…They provide some design guidelines for software aimed at children. Yet Dempsey et al [21] argue that the guidelines would produce software that is too easy to compromise, while acknowledging that those systems not using these guidelines could lead children to use coping skills, such as writing down passwords.…”

Engaging Children About Online Privacy Through Storytelling in an Interactive Comic

“…As children operate computers in different contexts than adults, and have different privacy concerns, there is a need for child-centred privacy and security solutions (Dempsey et al 2016). Swan (2000) suggests that children's education should include digital literacy around using digital tools, critical literacy around interpreting and assessing information, and content literacy relating to composing and developing content.…”