The data behind
our urgency.
Understanding the scale of the crisis is the first step. Here is the evidence base that drives every program, policy, and partnership we pursue.
The Scale of the Crisis
Numbers that demand action.
Increase in AI-generated CSAM
2024 vs 2025
Internet Watch Foundation, 2026
Child abuse reports actioned
by IWF in 2025
Internet Watch Foundation, 2026
Unfilled cybersecurity jobs
in the United States
CISA / CyberSeek, 2025
Global workforce gap
in cybersecurity professionals
ISC² Workforce Study, 2025
Violent online network
actively recruiting minors
FBI / NCMEC, 2024
Children solicited online
before age 18
Thorn Research, 2024
Understanding the Threat
Why these three issues are one.
AI is the accelerant.
Generative AI has transformed child sexual exploitation from a crime requiring physical access to one that can be committed at industrial scale from any device. The Internet Watch Foundation documented a 26,362% increase in AI-generated child sexual abuse material between 2024 and 2025. AI chatbots have been linked to teen suicides. Deepfake technology is routinely used to sextort minors. Addressing child safety without addressing AI safety is no longer possible.
The workforce gap is a security gap.
With over 500,000 unfilled cybersecurity positions in the U.S. alone, the organizations responsible for detecting and disrupting child exploitation networks, securing AI systems, and defending critical infrastructure are critically understaffed. Building a diverse, capable cybersecurity workforce is not just an economic opportunity it is a national security and child protection imperative.
764 and the new threat landscape.
Networks like 764 represent a new category of threat: organized online groups that use psychological manipulation, blackmail, and coercion to recruit children into producing self-generated child sexual abuse material and committing acts of violence. These networks operate across Discord, Telegram, gaming platforms, and social media and they are actively expanding.
Resource Library
Trusted resources and partners.
Child Safety
NCMEC CyberTipline
Report online child exploitation to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
Internet Watch Foundation
Global leader in removing child sexual abuse content from the internet.
Thorn Defend Children
Technology to detect and disrupt child sexual exploitation.
FBI Safe Online Surfing
Internet safety program for K-8 students.
AI Security
NIST AI Risk Management Framework
National standard for managing risks in AI systems.
CISA AI Security Guidance
CISA's guidelines for secure AI deployment.
Partnership on AI
Multi-stakeholder organization advancing responsible AI.
AI Safety Institute (AISI)
UK government body for AI safety research and standards.
Cybersecurity Workforce
NICE Framework (CISA)
The national standard for cybersecurity workforce development.
CyberSeek Career Pathway
Interactive tool mapping cybersecurity career pathways.
SANS Cyber Aces
Free online cybersecurity courses for beginners.
Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS)
Advancing women in cybersecurity education and careers.
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