Аннотация:The article concerns the process of digitalization of education in the context of the analysis of the personal safetyproblem. The aim of the study was to assess the impact of digitalization of education on a person in terms of itssafety and to diagnose emerging challenges in education related to accelerated digital transition in 2020. Theempirical sources for the study were as following: an expert survey of teachers, focus group interviews, and anonline survey with teachers of general and vocational education schools. The results of the conducted empiricaland theoretical research allowed the author to identify the key problems that arise on the way to digitalization ofeducation, to systematize them and to put forward recommendations to reverse negative scenarios. The obtainedresults can be used by researchers of digital society issues, teachers, administrators of information networks, andinformation security specialists in education.