Name and Title of the Programme   :    Webinar on “Cyber Warfare, Cyber Security and Cyber Citizenship​”

Date   :    18th September, 2020

Organized by     :    Jointly by:-

                                  1. IEEE Delhi Section and 
                                  2. Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Computer Applications and Management (BVICAM), New Delhi

In collaboration with       :    1. Computer Science (CS) Chapter of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            2. Consultants Networks Affinity (CNA) Group of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            3. Inter Society Relations (ISR) Standing Committee of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            4. Industry Relations (IR) Ad-Hoc Committee of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            5. Life Members Affinity (LMA) Group of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            6. Institution of Electronics and Telecommunications (IETE), Delhi Centre
                                            7. Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Delhi Section
                                            8. Computer Society of India (CSI), Mumbai
                                            9. The Institution of Information Technology Professionals (IITP), Safa Society, New Delhi
                                            10. IIPC, AICTE, New Delhi

Report:

The Webinar was held on 18th September, 2020 in the benign presence of the dignitaries including Prof. Subrata Mukhopadhyay, Chairperson, Consultants Network Affinity Group and Former Chairperson, IEEE Delhi Section. The webinar was blessed to have inaugural address by Prof. Subrata Mukhopadhyay giving a brief background of the all these webinars in collaboration will all the premiere professional societies, including the latest happenings in the domain of Cyber Security. Prof. R. K. Vyas, National President, CSI welcomed all the invited guests and participants. Prof. M. N. Hoda, Director, Bharati Vidyapeeth's Institute of Computer Applications and Management (BVICAM), New Delhi also addressed the session and discussed the background note of conducting such Webinars through virtual platforms. He emphasized that these webinars act as networking tools to connect people from across the world and help them to adapt to a New Normal life, a new ecosystem caused by COVID-19. He also discussed the five phases of COVID-19 i.e. Denial, Anger, Bargain, Depression and Acceptance and motivated the participants to directly move to Acceptance phase from Bargain phase without going into Depression phase, which is also one of the objectives of these weekly webinar series. He also motivated participants to continue learning regardless of all disruptions. He also discussed the background of the topic of the webinar; Cyber Warfare and Cyber Security, which is going to be extremely critical in our day to day life.

Dr. Anup Girdhar, CEO, Sedulity Solutions and Technologies, New Delhi, was the lead speaker. He first introduced the topic to the participants. He discussed that we are living in a pure digital age and are fascinated to use IoT devices, Fast Internet speed, Social Networking Sites, e-Governance, etc. He sensitized that along with the rapid increase in the uses of these IT and IT enabled smart devices, cybercrime is also increasing manifold. Cyber Warfare could turn every gadget owned by us into a weapon on a virtual battlefield and the damage is felt in the real world. The common risks faced by the society are Privacy Breach, Impersonation, Cyber Warfare, Cyber Security issues, and other contingencies. The most effective protection against cyber warfare and other attacks is being Cyber Aware Citizens by assessing the vulnerabilities of the system and securing information and networks. The webinar discussed in detail multidimensional issues in protecting computers, servers, mobile devices, electronic systems, networks, online transactions and data from malicious attacks The webinar also discussed the real-time issues, case studies and mitigation policies.

The session was concluded with Question & Answer round where participants willingly asked their queries, followed by concluding remarks by Prof. Ajay P. Thakare, Chairman, TPPC, IETE, New Delhi. Prof. M. N. Hoda gave his heartfelt appreciation to Dr. Anup Girdhar for his insightful and detailed session. He also thanked all the participants and panellist for giving their precious time for having participated in this webinar and also making all the other webinars hosted by BVICAM, a huge success. The webinar attracted huge participation from across the country and abroad like Saudi Arabia, UAE, Canada, Bahrain, Ethiopia, Maylasia, Qatar, Bangladesh, Spain, etc. The webinar was coordinated and anchored by Dr. Ritika Wason, Associate Professor, BVICAM, New Delhi and Mr. Uttam Singh Bist, Assistant Professor, BVICAM, New Delhi was the technical host for the Webinar.