№1, 2021

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL SAFER INTERNET CENTERS IN AZERBAIJAN: PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVES
Sabira S. Ojagverdiyeva

The problem of safety of children and adolescents on the Internet has been a hot topic in recent years. Children and adolescents often face dangers in cyberspace. This has a negative impact on their health, psychology and proper development as a citizen. The issue of taking preventive measures to ensure safety in the Internet environment, informing children, adolescents and young people about the threats in cyberspace are of the main issues in the information security of the government. In this regard, national security structures are established, researchers analyze the negative consequences of cyber threats, and the monitoring is conducted, forecasts are made, and serious legal documents, both national and international documents are adopted in different countries. The purpose of the study is to demonstrate the importance of establishing a National Safer Internet Center in Azerbaijan to address the issues of information safety, cybercrime and threats in cyberspace, and other similar issues. The study examines the activities of National Safer Internet Centers in a number of countries to ensure the cyber security of children, and analyzes the problems that arise in their operation. Comparative analysis and systematic methods are used in the study. The results obtained in the article are important for the establishment and effective operation of the National Safer Internet Center to protect children and adolescents from Internet threats in the virtual space in the e-government environment. (pp.138-149) 

Keywords:secure Internet, information centers, malicious information, data security.
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