{"id":410,"date":"2025-09-05T13:03:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T12:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cyber-institute-news\/?p=410"},"modified":"2025-10-05T13:08:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T12:08:43","slug":"icss-stand-2025-boing-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cyber-institute-news\/2025\/09\/05\/icss-stand-2025-boing-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"iCSS stand for engaging local families and children at 2025 bOing! Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday 23<sup>rd<\/sup> and Sunday 24<sup>th<\/sup> August 2025, iCSS had a stand as part of the 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/boingfestival.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bOing! Festival<\/a>, the University of Kent\u2019s international family arts festival.<\/p>\n<p>iCSS PhD student <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/temesgenkd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Temesgen Kitaw Damenu<\/a>, who is working on cyber security educational games for children, and iCSS Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hooklee.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Professor Shujun Li<\/a>, who is also iCSS\u2019s School Outreach Lead and Temesgen\u2019s principal supervisor, manned the stand on the two days. They helped showcase many cyber security educational materials used in past activities, such as the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>selected art works from the <a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/cyber\/2024-creative-cyber-exhibition\/\">2024 \u201cCreative Cyber\u201d Exhibition<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/cyber\/2023-24-cyberanything-competition-results\/\">2023-24 iCSS-KMCC-KMCS3 CyberAnything Competition<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li>some materials used in the <a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/cyber\/2024-cyber-security-awareness-month\/\">2024 iCSS-KMCC-KMCSN-KMCS3 Cyber Security Awareness Month<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li>an animated video \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_ogdRNNIt2Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to be a cyber superhero<\/a>\u201d for engaging children towards a cyber security career pathway,<\/li>\n<li>an online safety book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyberlite.org\/programme\/rgsc-paloaltonetworks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Ready, Get Set, Connect!<\/em><\/a> produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyberlite.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cyberlite Books Pte. Ltd.<\/a> for iCSS,<\/li>\n<li>some cyber security awareness comic booklets produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xcapismlearning.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Xcapism Learning Ltd<\/a> for iCSS,<\/li>\n<li>an article \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.33424\/FUTURUM43\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Beat the Cybercriminals and Stay Safe Online<\/a>\u201d iCSS did for <a href=\"https:\/\/futurumcareers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Futurum Careers<\/em><\/a> (a free online resource and magazine for introducing 14-19-year-olds worldwide to different scientific disciplines), and<\/li>\n<li>some drawings and handwritten questions from school pupils who participated in different school outreach events of iCSS.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They talked with parents and children who visited the stand, and distributed copies of online safety book <em>Ready, Get Set, Connect!<\/em>, the comic booklets and the <em>Futurum Careers<\/em> article.<\/p>\n<p>The event helped connect iCSS with local families and children and gather useful feedback on future cyber security awareness, education, research and wider impact activities. We look forward to seeing more at the next year\u2019s bOing! Festival!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th August 2025, iCSS had a stand as part of the 2025 bOing! 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