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Digital Shield · Student cyber literacy

Children do not learn to spot a scam from a lecture. They learn from experience.

Digital Shield is a cyber literacy programme for pupils in grades 4 to 8. In a safe, controlled simulation the pupil faces a situation resembling a real scam, makes a decision and gets immediate feedback. The cycle repeats throughout the school year.

AZOO expert opinionParental consentNo profiling of children
Enrol your schoolMaterials for parents
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AZOO expert opinion
Formal written expert opinion, July 2026
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Pilot in Zagreb schools
Gustav Krklec Primary School and three City of Zagreb schools
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100% parent support
All parents present at the pilot backed the programme
Context · Why now

Children are already a target. The only question is whether they are prepared.

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A breach in the school system

In late June 2026 a database of over 560,000 records leaked: names and email addresses of pupils and teachers from 1,452 Croatian schools. AZOP warned of an increased risk of phishing attacks aimed precisely at pupils.

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Children are a special category

GDPR Art. 8 recognises children as a specially protected category of data subjects. Their data has value on the black market, yet they lack experience in spotting fraud.

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Threats change faster than the curriculum

Smishing, fake profiles, AI-generated content. The programme provides continuous monitoring of new cyber threats and quarterly updates to the materials.

The heart of the programme · Learning by doing

A skill is acquired by repetition, not by listening

The teacher introduces the topic in class and explains the rules for spotting fraud. LureLab then lets the pupil practise that knowledge through a real but safe, age-appropriate simulation. Each cohort's results steer the next training cycle: continuously, throughout the school year.

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The teacher introduces the topic
A 60-minute classroom module, tailored to the younger (grades 4-5) and older (grades 6-8) groups
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A safe simulation
The pupil faces a situation resembling a real scam and makes a decision as in real life
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Immediate feedback
They instantly learn whether the reaction was right, while the experience is fresh
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Repetition and adjustment
The cohort's findings shape the next cycle's topics; weak spots get more time
ℹ A child learns to recognise a threat at the moment they actually meet it: through experience, enriched by the teacher's guidance.
The whole community · Not just the classroom

Teachers and parents build pupil resilience together

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Pupils
  • ▸ A classroom module led by their own teacher, not an outside lecturer
  • ▸ Age-appropriate simulations, with parental consent
  • ▸ Topics: digital identity, passwords, fake messages, AI content
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Parents
  • ▸ An info leaflet and a „what to do if...” guide for use at home
  • ▸ Aggregate cohort results and recommendations, with no data on any individual child
  • ▸ Active Guard early warnings about threats, under a separate consent
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Teachers and staff
  • ▸ A 2-hour workshop led by ID Shield Protect
  • ▸ LureLab simulations for staff: measurement without sanctions
  • ▸ Quarterly updated materials via the LureLab platform
Trust · Boundaries set in advance

Equally important: what the programme is not

The programme is designed around protecting the child, not around technology. The boundaries are defined before the first step.

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We do not enter the classroom

All work with pupils is done solely by their teachers, in their regular pedagogical role. ID Shield Protect prepares materials, never teaches children.

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No profiling of children

The programme does not grade, rank or classify children. The smallest unit of analysis is a cohort in a school, with no names or emails.

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Consent, revocable at any time

Participation rests on informed parental consent (GDPR Art. 6 and Art. 8), which can be withdrawn without any consequences for the child.

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Pupils receive no alerts

Active Guard alerts go only to staff and to parents who gave a separate consent. Children are informed by parents and teachers.

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A protocol for sensitive situations

If a situation requiring professional help is discovered, the school's expert service acts under a predefined protocol.

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Voluntary, outside the curriculum

The programme is not mandatory and is not part of the regular curriculum. The teacher decides how and when to use the materials.

Reference from practice

Pilot: Gustav Krklec Primary School, Zagreb

School baseline
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control questions
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network segments
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findings by risk level
A gap analysis and a non-intrusive network test produced a written action plan with deadlines. The findings directly determined which topics of the education module get priority in the first cycle: analysis as an entry into the classroom, not an isolated technical check.
Parent response
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of parents present backed the programme
After the information meeting, parents proactively requested additional materials to protect their children at home. The programme is expanding to around 25 primary schools in the City of Zagreb in the 2026/2027 school year.
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From the classroom to national resilience
HAKOM is preparing an initiative to systematically collect contaminated SMS sender IDs to protect all citizens from smishing attacks. The success of such a database depends on how many citizens can recognise and report a suspicious message. Digital Shield, covering pupils, teachers and parents in a continuous cycle, creates exactly that circle of informed citizens: an educational programme that grows into a contribution to national cyber resilience.
And the school as an institution

A safe environment starts with a safe school

Schools are themselves subject to the Croatian Cybersecurity Act (OG 14/2024) and process sensitive data of pupils, staff and parents. The programme therefore also covers the school's compliance as an institution.

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Gap analysis and Wi-Fi assessment
CSA Art. 21
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Asset and supplier register
CSA Art. 21-22
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vCISO and vDPO roles
CSA Art. 21 · GDPR Art. 37-39
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Self-assessment and evidence base
CSA Art. 30
Coming soon · In preparation

Digital Shield for secondary schools

Extension of the programme to secondary-school age is in preparation for a later phase, under a separate application and content tailored to teenagers. The emphasis shifts to more advanced topics: protecting your digital identity, critically assessing AI content, social media safety, and preparing for the digital environment of adulthood.

› Content tailored to secondary-school age
› Its own delivery schedule
› A separate application and consent
Interested for a secondary school? Get in touch →
Next step

Enrol your school with the new school year

Continuous training, testing and monitoring of new threats start together, with the new cycle. Quotes are issued on request.

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Contact
ID Shield Protect Ltd. · Zagreb
📞 +385 98 470-495
📧 info@idshield.com.hr
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