Smart Parent’s Guide to Cybersecurity

Parenting doesn’t come with a manual—especially in the digital age.

Today’s children grow up surrounded by screens, social media, online games, and limitless information. While the internet opens doors to learning, creativity, and connection, it also exposes young minds to risks many parents feel unprepared to handle: cyberbullying, online predators, privacy breaches, scams, screen addiction, and harmful content.

Smart Parent’s Guide to Cybersecurity is a practical, empowering roadmap designed to help parents confidently protect, guide, and educate their children in an increasingly connected world. Rather than promoting fear or excessive restriction, this book focuses on awareness, communication, trust, and practical action—the foundations of safe and responsible digital parenting.

Anand Shinde

Cybersecurity Consultant • Author • Corporate Trainer

Anand Shinde is an accomplished cybersecurity professional with extensive experience in information security, cyber risk management, network security, incident response, governance, and cybersecurity education. Throughout his career, he has helped students, IT professionals, and organizations strengthen their cybersecurity knowledge through practical learning, industry best practices, and real-world implementation.

Through Starting Career in Cybersecurity, Anand provides a structured roadmap for students, career changers, and aspiring security professionals preparing for industry certifications and successful careers in cybersecurity. His mission is to simplify complex security concepts and make cybersecurity education accessible, practical, and career-focused for everyone.

Jessen Kurien

Cybersecurity Consultant

Jessen Kurien is a seasoned cybersecurity professional with over 17 years of experience protecting organisations from complex and evolving digital threats. Having worked with global technology leaders such as Microsoft and Cisco, he has led initiatives across threat detection, SOC operations, incident response, cloud security, risk management, and advanced threat hunting. As a former Microsoft cybersecurity professional and currently a cybersecurity consultant at Cisco, Jessen combines deep technical expertise with a strong understanding of the human side of security. His work has included developing AI-driven detection and threat-hunting capabilities using Microsoft Sentinel, Defender XDR, and Copilot AI, as well as contributing to the defence against ransomware, nation-state attacks, and supply-chain threats. He holds certifications including CEH, CCNA CyberOps, CWNA, and ISO 27001.

His experience in red-team exercises, security assessments, and SOC leadership has reinforced his belief that effective cybersecurity begins with awareness and preparedness. This belief inspired him, together with Anand Shinde, to co-author Smart Parent’s Guide to Cybersecurity. As fathers and cybersecurity professionals, they aim to help parents protect their children online through practical guidance on cyberbullying, phishing, digital discipline, online safety, and responsible technology use.

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