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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: 👥 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:

“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.

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Internet 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

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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: ☑️ There

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7 Tips to Date Online Safely and Confidently

Whether you’re thinking of re-entering the world of online dating, a newbie trying to figure out how to navigate this new world, or been in the game for a while, these tips can help you to date confidently, safely, and with your wellbeing as top priority.

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What Employers Need to Know about Cyber-Wellness @ Work

A version of this was originally published in: https://m360.sim.edu.sg/article/Pages/Cyber-Wellness-as-A-Critical-Aspect-of-Workplace-Wellness.aspx Photo by Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels Jan 10, 2022 COVID-19 has taken a huge toll on mental and emotional health and well-being, which has become one of the key fallouts of the pandemic. Persistent strains and stresses can arise from

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Be Cyber Smart – During Cybersecurity Awareness Month and Beyond

Originally published in: https://m360.sim.edu.sg/article/Pages/Cyber-threats-COVID19-and-Giving-Cyber-Criminals-a-Run-for-Their-Money-.aspx 26 October 2021 Cybersecurity Awareness Month is an opportunity for everyone to do their part to upskill themselves to keep cyber-criminals at bay. But this doesn’t mean that the journey stops here. In fact, it is just the start of a lifelong

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WFH Dangers to Wellbeing: Why Cyber-Wellness is a critical aspect of (Workplace) Wellness

Photo by Anna Shvets from Pexels 29 July 2021 Struggling to stay afloat as you continue to WFH (Work From Home)? You aren’t alone. Studies have shown that regular WFH without adequate safeguards can have negative impacts on your physical, mental and emotional health. Some symptoms to be wary