About Raising Digital Natives
This project is a CAS Strategies initiative, developed in collaboration with Girl Security and Bits N’ Bytes Cybersecurity Education.
Project Overview
Raising kids in today’s digital world is one of the biggest challenges parents, caregivers, and educators face. Raising Digital Natives was created to provide tools, reflection exercises, and conversation starters that help adults guide kids with confidence, clarity, and care.
This project brings together insights from cybersecurity, education, and parenting to make digital safety approachable and actionable for busy families and schools.
Collaborators
This toolkit was made possible through the expertise and collaboration of three organizations committed to digital resilience, equity, and education.
CAS Strategies is a strategic advisory firm operating at the intersection of cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and public interest. Founded by national cybersecurity leader Camille Stewart Gloster, CAS Strategies partners with governments, companies, and communities to strengthen digital resilience and security outcomes through inclusive, forward-thinking approaches. With a focus on responsible innovation, equity, and system-level impact, the firm leads work that bridges policy, practice, and public trust.
Girl Security is a nonprofit (501(c)3) building the future of national security through education, training, mentorship, and technology solutions. Centering girls and gender-diverse youth, especially from underrepresented communities, Girl Security prepares the next generation to lead in fields like cybersecurity, technology, and public policy. Through trauma-informed, culturally responsive programming and partnerships with national security organizations, Girl Security builds pathways to leadership and lifelong civic engagement.
Bits N’ Bytes Cybersecurity Education is a nonprofit (501(c)3) dedicated to empowering communities, especially students, with vital cybersecurity knowledge. Through free workshops, animated videos, interactive modules, and curriculum materials, they cover topics like digital safety, digital identity, cybersecurity, and privacy. The program has reached thousands of students across hundreds of schools worldwide and partners with organizations such as IBM, Facebook, and the Girl Scouts to bring engaging, accessible cybersecurity education into classrooms and communities.
Community Champions of the Toolkit
This toolkit has been endorsed and supported by a growing community of educators, nonprofits, and partners committed to digital safety and equity.
“The most powerful safety net in a child’s digital life is the adults they trust.”
— Camille Stewart Gloster
