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Greater public education needed to combat threat posed by cybercrime: forum
POLITICAL, military and academic leaders from the United States, Vietnam and Japan have called for the establishment of a 'Global Citizenship Education in Cyber Civil Defense' programme that aims to improve cybersecurity education to prevent Internet users falling victim to hackers' scams.
Government officials and experts attending the Boston Global Forum (BGF) symposium at Harvard University overwhelmingly agreed that the majority of successful email hacks and cyber theft do not result from sophisticated coding. Rather the hackers depend on Internet users clicking on seemingly friendly hyperlinks, and providing passwords, or personal and banking information.
The Global Citizen Education in Cyber Civil Defense is expected to ward off these intrusions through greater awareness, knowledge of such cyber perils, and personal involvement, a statement from the organisers of the forum said.
"Every individual needs to become more savvy about the cyber risks they face in their daily lives," said CIO Joseph Santamaria of PSE&G, the 11th largest power utility in the US. He called for better education of Internet users as well as application developers, supply chain participants, and industrial control operators about the specific risks they face.
Speaking via pre-recorded video, Mr Santamaria said everyone who logs onto the Internet is susceptible to phishing attacks ?the largest cyber risk we all face today. Among professionals, such as application developers, cybersecurity education falls short. He noted that according to IEEE, few computer science programmes teach their students secure coding methods.
He explained: "The Global Citizenship Education Network will operate entirely on the Internet and will include a mechanism to score individuals based on their initiative toward fostering a safer internet."
Programme goals include urging governments worldwide to support the Global Citizenship Education Network and to establish Global Citizen Leadership Programmes. Additionally, the programme seeks support from Facebook, Twitter and Google. Organisers are also looking to work with software companies to develop an app that will collect the achievements of global citizens in cyberspace, create scorecards and establish rankings similar to those used by the Olympics.
Government officials and experts attending the Boston Global Forum (BGF) symposium at Harvard University overwhelmingly agreed that the majority of successful email hacks and cyber theft do not result from sophisticated coding. Rather the hackers depend on Internet users clicking on seemingly friendly hyperlinks, and providing passwords, or personal and banking information.
The Global Citizen Education in Cyber Civil Defense is expected to ward off these intrusions through greater awareness, knowledge of such cyber perils, and personal involvement, a statement from the organisers of the forum said.
"Every individual needs to become more savvy about the cyber risks they face in their daily lives," said CIO Joseph Santamaria of PSE&G, the 11th largest power utility in the US. He called for better education of Internet users as well as application developers, supply chain participants, and industrial control operators about the specific risks they face.
Speaking via pre-recorded video, Mr Santamaria said everyone who logs onto the Internet is susceptible to phishing attacks ?the largest cyber risk we all face today. Among professionals, such as application developers, cybersecurity education falls short. He noted that according to IEEE, few computer science programmes teach their students secure coding methods.
He explained: "The Global Citizenship Education Network will operate entirely on the Internet and will include a mechanism to score individuals based on their initiative toward fostering a safer internet."
Programme goals include urging governments worldwide to support the Global Citizenship Education Network and to establish Global Citizen Leadership Programmes. Additionally, the programme seeks support from Facebook, Twitter and Google. Organisers are also looking to work with software companies to develop an app that will collect the achievements of global citizens in cyberspace, create scorecards and establish rankings similar to those used by the Olympics.
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