Information security needs to reach people earlier. For a long time, this subject was treated as something restricted to professionals, companies, and technical teams. But reality has changed: children grow up connected, use devices from an early age, talk in digital environments, play online, watch content, share information, and build an important part of their relationships in cyberspace.

This environment creates enormous opportunities, but it also exposes children and families to risks that are not always easy to notice. Scams, social engineering, account theft, data exposure, disinformation, and unsafe habits are already part of everyday digital life. Preparing the next generation is therefore not only an educational choice. It is a collective responsibility.

In this context, we came across O Cibernauta, a project that uses children’s literature to bring children, parents, and educators closer to essential topics in digital safety and online citizenship. Its first book, O Cibernauta em A Super Senha Secreta, published by Editora Brasport, turns a technical subject - creating and protecting passwords - into an accessible, playful, and useful adventure for different ages.

The idea is simple and powerful: teach early, in a light and practical way, so that digital safety becomes part of children’s education before problems appear. When a child understands why a password matters, why some information should not be shared, or why unusual requests deserve attention, they are not only learning a rule. They are starting to develop critical thinking for navigating an increasingly complex world.

The project was created by Daniel Meirelles and Eduardo Argollo, who recognized within their own families how difficult it can be to talk about information security in a clear and practical way. From that concern, they built an initiative that connects technology, education, and care, showing that children and adults can learn together about digital protection.

LESIS decided to support this movement in a concrete way. We bought 30 copies of the book and are donating them to people and institutions that can multiply this knowledge. We are also supporting the authors with connections for events, conversations, and possible partnerships that can help the project reach further.

This action is small compared to the size of the challenge. Even so, it represents an important conviction: information security is not strengthened only through research, tools, audits, or incident response. It is also strengthened when we help a child better understand the digital environment where they already live.

By supporting O Cibernauta, we support a vision of the future where security culture begins before professional life, before the first bank account, before the first incident. It begins with habits, conversations at home, schools, and spaces where children can learn with curiosity, imagination, and care.

We want to contribute to a more mature, accessible, and human security ecosystem. This includes supporting professionals, technical communities, educational initiatives, and projects that look after those who are just beginning their relationship with technology.

We will continue to seek ways to support initiatives that use education as a tool for transformation. Because protecting the future also means better preparing the people who will build it.

Learn more about the project on O Cibernauta’s Instagram and through Editora Brasport.

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