CYBER SECURITY AWARENESS

An online workshop on Cyber Security Awareness was conducted for VI, VII & VIII students by TGT Computer Science teacher Mrs. Prathima Puppala  on 6 Nov 20 as part of cyber security awareness week.

Mrs Prathima Puppala, TGT computer science gave an effective presentation on cyber security awareness, the threats and vulnerabilities that everyone of us face especially the young people. Highlighting the challenges of today in the area of information security and the threats of botnets and zombies. Further, she briefly explained about various attacks, like Phishing, E-mail Spoofing, Ransom ware, DDOS attacks and also mentioned measures for protection from such attacks. 

She discussed various issues such as Identity Theft, Cyber Terrorism, Stalking, Cyber Bullying, Online Banking Frauds and Pornography. She advised students to effectively use 2-Step Security measures, keep correct settings on the web as well as applications and a safe usage of Debit and Credit Cards. She not only guided students on how to be secure while being online but also talked about the penalty and punishment one has to bear for committing Cyber Crimes under the Indian Cyber Law.

Hacking is not about the illegal things it’s all about how to secure your system. In the workshop Google Hacking, Email Hacking, Dos Attacks, Trojans, SQL Injection, Windows Hacking, Mobile Hacking etc. topics will be covered. This workshop aims to give students a basic knowledge of ethical hacking, information security, cyber security and how to protect your computer systems against these vulnerabilities.

This workshop on Cyber security Awareness on how black hat hackers can gain access to critical and sensitive information of individual and organizations are also explained. Understanding in-depth how to counter the attacks from black hat hackers the workshop demonstrate live hacking to spread awareness among individuals.

In this workshop, how hackers can hack into a smartphone, website hacking and admin panel bypass, undetectable virus which can steal data, ransomware development and safety measures, social media (Face book, Instagram) hacks and many more are also explained and discussed.

The workshop session considered the following Ethical Hacking questions: (i) Do the users Think that their Face book Passwords Are Safe? (ii) How Do the users Know If the Transactions that they performed Are Safe or Not? (iii) What If someone is monitoring the users Gmail Accounts? What are the users going to Do Then? Have the users ever thought About It?

It is a well-known fact that prevention is always better than cure. The session created awareness (and alarm) for the audience for the need to exercise caution while using technology. Overall, it was an interesting and informative session.