Scientific Journal of KubSAU

This article draws attention to the problem of ensuring information security of students, including the prevention of the Internet addiction

This article observes the distribution of Internet addiction in the Russian Federation. The special attention is paid to the concept of the Internet addiction, its symptoms, signs and typology. The authors of the article give the examples of the organization of prevention of this type of addiction in the Kursk region: conducting lectures, seminars, practical works, trainings, round tables, conferences and other events on information security for all participants in the educational process, including the use of distance technologies; the organization of advanced training courses for specialists of the institutions of social service including, questions of rendering the psychological and pedagogical assistance to families with children with the Internet addiction; carrying out informational education of specialists of agencies of guardianship and guardianship of municipal areas and city districts on protection of children from the information harmful to their health and development; development for teachers of guidelines on the issue of information security of students, course information for parents to protect children from the spread of harmful information to them; changes in training programs for all categories of trainees concerning issues of information security measures, the problems of safe behavior in the information and telecommunication network called "Internet"