Secure Internet Program - Spain

The digital transformation of society requires cybersecurity training to help build trust in new technologies. The ultimate goal is to promote a culture of cybersecurity, essential for the development and full exploitation of the opportunities offered by the new digital society. 

Background and context

The target audience of this initiative is citizens, businesses, and public services, and the benefits obtained are better training and use of new technologies. For companies it means greater competitiveness, for citizens a greater ease of daily management, and for the public service a greater agility with dealing with citizens.

The programme informs, raises awareness, educates and promotes good practices related to the Internet and new technologies, especially those related to cybersecurity:

• It promotes a culture of cybersecurity in Catalonia.
• It offers citizens resources to improve their skills and encourage critical thinking.
• It promotes transformative, dynamic and progressive action through communication initiatives that are tailored to all audiences and take into account the relationship that society has with technology.

Why is this a good practice?

The programme has been very well received, with constant interaction between citizens and businesses, including in the field of education. Various face-to-face and online meetings have been scheduled and held. The programme's activity has grown steadily since its inception.

In 2023 it generated more than 73 initiatives, and 333,255 pages were viewed on the website. The website content obtained a score of 77.1 on Siteimprove's DCI index (a tool that measures the quality of a website according to certain criteria). The different initiatives throughout the year reached 4.5 million people on social media, with the participation of different collaborators.

The distribution of visits was: citizens (37.0%), children and young people (20.3%), educators (18.2%), families (14.8%), and businesses (9.7%).