Redefining Wellbeing: Insights from the EveryDAY WELLness Seminar
โWhat does wellness mean to you? โHow can we redefine wellbeing in our high-performance/high-stress society? โWhy is cyber awareness so important here? These are just some of the issues that were discussed in the recently-held EveryDAY WELLness Seminar, which focused on how we live our 5
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Protecting Teens Online: Cyber Safety for Parents & Teachers
๐๐ฑ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ. It’s all everyone is talking about these days. Yes, Donald Trump and tariffs are popular topics too! Both are scary – and reveal just how dangerous and unpredictable the world has become. The #Netflix series has shone a light on the murky and harmful #onlinespaces
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Cyber Incidents: Top Global Business Threat of 2024
Cyber Incidents: Top Global Business Threat of 2024 and the Role of Human Error in Prevention Cyber incidents were the top global business threat for 2024, with the average cost of a data breach hitting $4.88 million. Did You Know: Most incidents are caused by human
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Preventing WhatsApp Hacks: Lessons from a Real Incident
My father’s WhatsApp account got hacked last night. It wasn’t due to any tech vulnerability. He had absent-mindedly clicked on a link sent by a friend while he was on a phone call. Turns out his friend’s account had been compromised, and he had clicked on
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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
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Human-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:ย ๐ฅ How a proactive
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Prioritizing 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
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Unmasking Deepfakes and Disinformation:
โUnmasking Deepfakes and Disinformation: Integrating Behavioural Sciences with Cybersecurity to Fortify Digital Defencesโ 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.
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Internet is dangerous place
๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฌ. 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
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Singapore International Cyber Week 2022
How do we inspire, attract and retain women and girls in #cybersecurity? I got the opportunity to ask these questions to a high-profile panel of cybersecurity leaders at my inaugural Singapore International Cyber Week event late last month. Some of my key takeaways were: โ๏ธ There
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