Organization of events on information security of students in an educational institution

at a time when the constant modernization of the most important spheres of society is one of the fundamental elements of its prosperity, more and more complex requirements are imposed on each new generation. The most important component in the development of competitive members of society is basic general education, which lays the foundation for further life realization. Education is constantly undergoing various changes in order to best meet the current level of development of the most important areas of life, but due to the abundance of subjects and information filling them, some topics do not receive sufficient coverage within the framework of the regular activities. The article examines the current section of working with information - information security, and highlights the importance of its more detailed consideration within the framework of basic general education. A survey was conducted among students in grades 5-6, as a result of which the interest of fifth- and sixth-grade students in studying the topic of information security with low awareness at the moment was revealed. The purpose of the article is to explain the importance and offer an option to raise awareness of the involved students in extracurricular activities for a more detailed study of key points and recent changes in the field of information security. The results of the study show that it is possible to conduct extracurricular activities of various structures: events in interesting interactive formats, meetings with professionals in this field, and so on. A specific set of extracurricular activities can be selected individually for each class, depending on the degree of interest in certain sectors of the field and the level of knowledge currently formed.

information security, education, information, modernization, information protection, cybersecurity