Lakshmi Srinivasan is a cybersecurity expert, author, and child safety advocate with a mission to empower young digital citizens to stay safe online. With over twenty years of experience in cybersecurity leadership, including breach response,
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fraud detection, and threat analysis, Lakshmi recognized a critical gap in how children learn about online risks. To address this, she wrote The Cyber Squad Chronicles, a fiction book series that teaches essential cybersecurity lessons through engaging adventures, relatable characters, and real-world digital challenges.
Her work focuses on online safety for kids, digital literacy, and helping parents and educators equip children with the skills to recognize manipulation, protect their privacy, and make smart choices in a connected world. Lakshmi blends her technical expertise with creative storytelling to make digital safety accessible, relevant, and fun. She regularly speaks at events and creates resources that help families and schools build safer online environments for the next generation.
