Combatting Online Harassment: Safety & Wellbeing Tips
If you are in charge of safety and wellbeing – at work, school, or home – you need to know this: Online harassment is a grave danger, with real impacts on mental, emotional, and physical wellbeing. At a training session with university students, we highlighted some
Continue ReadingHuman-Centered Cybersecurity: People Over Tech
More investments in technology alone won’t improve cybersecurity outcomes. Investing in people will, this is why a human-centered approach to cybersecurity makes perfect sense for organisations. At Cyber Security World Asia at Tech Week Singapore, I highlighted 3 aspects of this approach: 👥 How a proactive
Continue ReadingPrioritizing People for Cyber Resilience Success
Amid the complex cybersecurity challenges we face today, how can we build a cybersecurity workforce equipped with the skills, knowledge, and resilience needed to safeguard our digital future? I discussed this with my fellow panellists at the Empowering Cyber Resilience Summit. I highlighted that bringing people
Continue ReadingKeep Your Kids Safe Online: A Comprehensive Guide
How can we future-proof our children in a complex and increasingly unsafe digital world, precipitated by AI and other technological developments? It was an absolute pleasure to answer this question and share strategies from concerned fellow parents on: ⚠️Online threats to our kids (such as screen
Continue ReadingSocial Media access to Children
Social media is addictive, and it is designed to be that way. So, parents, please think carefully before granting your child access to social media.
Continue ReadingSingapore Battles Against Deepfakes
Singapore Battles Against Deepfakes, Consent, and Digital Harms in the AI Age (16 Dec 2024): Globally, deepfakes, powered by artificial intelligence (#ai), continue to be a big safety and security problem for individuals, organisations, and societies. In our recent commentary, Gulizar Haciyakupoglu, PhD and I discuss
Continue ReadingUnmasking Deepfakes and Disinformation:
“Unmasking Deepfakes and Disinformation: Integrating Behavioural Sciences with Cybersecurity to Fortify Digital Defences” was a huge success! We explored cutting-edge strategies to tackle digital deception and heard from leading experts in the field. A very big thank you to our speakers Dr. Casey How and Dr.
Continue ReadingInternet is dangerous place
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬. Many studies have shown that #women are more likely than men to be the target of, and impacted by, #onlineharms such as online harassment, including sexual harassment. As a mother of two girls, it has become
Continue ReadingISC2’s Cybersecurity Workforce Study 2023
What does a cozy group of #women in #cyber talk about when we finally meet? Neha Malhotra Zi Xuan Low Sneha Sridhar Allies, opportunities, trials & tribulations, workplace culture, burnout, and an overarching passion for #cybersecurity. Community, equal opportunity, and support is key to elevating the
Continue ReadingMastering the Cyber Mind Game – Safety, Psychology and Awareness
What is the difference between #cybersecurity and #cybersafety, and why should individuals and businesses care about both? The human (or social) side of cyber is increasingly seen as a critical solution to tackling the problems of cybersecurity and #onlineharms – along with the technical, policy, and
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