Job Digital Lab: the three-stage programme for schools concludes today
With the final session of the Digital Awareness series, promoted as part of Job Digital Lab in partnership with ING Italia, a programme involving 22 classes and around 450 secondary school students across Italy comes to a close [see the news item Well-being, information, safety]. Having addressed the topics of digital wellbeing and online information, the concluding webinar, scheduled for today, Tuesday 21 April, shifts the focus to security, ideally bringing to a close an educational programme built around three now inseparable dimensions of the contemporary digital experience: balance in the use of technology, a critical mindset when consuming content, and the ability to recognise online risks and threats.
In this context, the session dedicated to social engineering takes on particular significance. It is not merely a matter of discussing cyberattacks, but of helping young people understand how many digital threats today operate by exploiting trust, distraction, emotions and everyday behaviours. It is here that the presence of Stefania Iannelli and Sofia Scozzari reinforces the purpose of the initiative: two professionals with extensive experience in cybersecurity, capable of bringing to the discussion with students a perspective that is at once technical, practical and deeply rooted in a culture of prevention.
The final webinar therefore represents not just the conclusion of the programme, but the moment when the initiative finds a particularly effective synthesis: to train more aware digital citizens, not merely users, and to demonstrate that online safety is not a subject for specialists alone, but an increasingly important civic skill for the guidance and professional future of the younger generations. The previously published news item presents the series precisely as an educational initiative aimed at strengthening critical, interpersonal and digital citizenship skills, in a context where the challenge is no longer merely accessing technology, but experiencing the digital world to the full.
The trainers
Leading the final session are two leading cybersecurity professionals, Stefania Iannelli and Sofia Scozzari, who are active in the Women for Security network. Stefania Iannelli brings to the programme extensive experience in attack surface protection and security process innovation, gained in international contexts and at leading companies in the sector. Today, at Armis, she works on advanced solutions that integrate artificial intelligence and HUMINT, with a particular focus on training and fostering a culture of security.
Alongside her, Sofia Scozzari will offer a strategic and global perspective on digital threats. With over twenty years’ experience in cybersecurity and a well-established international career, she now heads Hackmanac from Dubai, a company specialising in Strategic Threat Intelligence. Her contribution combines technical expertise, analytical skills and a strong commitment to outreach, training and cybersecurity awareness.
Their presence makes this final session particularly valuable, as it allows students to engage with two influential female figures who work in the field every day and who help to view social engineering not merely as a technical risk, but as a phenomenon involving behaviour, trust, relationships and responsibility.
