Cybersecurity expert explains importance of gaming software controls following arrest of student [Video]

MAITLAND, Fla. – Online gaming networks like Xbox Live can see tens of millions of users every month and expansive platforms like this open the door for communication across varying age groups.

It’s why cybersecurity experts are driving home the message: parents talk to your kids.

“if you’re not paying attention to what your child is doing, you’re not going to know what is going on,” says Mark Zeiser. He is a cybersecurity expert who works for Cutting Edge Technologies in Maitland, Florida.

When he learned that Volusia County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 15-year-old accused of making a threat over Xbox Live to bomb a high school, he said he wasn’t surprised.

“It’s just hitting people’s radars more now with the violence that’s gone on in schools, I think people have more of a hyper-awareness of those types of things right now,” Zeiser said.

That is why parents understanding how their child’s gaming …