Now researchers from Edith Cowan University and the Security Research Institute are developing something that may become a second important milestone: a digital cyber security licence for Australian schools.
From pen licence to cyber security: Aussie kids as the first line of defence
![Fourth grade students work on laptops in class.](https://images.sbs.com.au/dims4/default/37b021e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1800x1013+0+0/resize/1280x720!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsbs-au-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc8%2F1d%2F605f750f4e3581a59e18692d9869%2Fschool-children-working-on-laptops-getty.jpg&imwidth=1280)
Two fourth grade students work on their laptops while sitting together on the classroom floor. Credit: Jonathan Kirn/Getty Images
Many adults would remember getting their pen licence in primary school.
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