International Webinar on Current Challenges in Cyber Security at GNA University    

Jalandhar, February 17, 2022: Faculty of Engineering, Design and Automation organized an International Webinar on Current Challenges in the field of Cyber Security for the students of Computer Science Engineering. The Keynote speaker of the webinar was Dr. Ioan- Cosmin MIHAI, Cyber Security Officer, Romania. Iaon- Cosmin MIHAI, a researcher, professor, trainer and conference speaker with an experience of more than 15 years in cyber crime and cyber security. 

Dr. Anurag Sharma, Professor and Head (CSE) welcomed the Keynote Speaker and participants. Dr. Cosmin explained the important issues of Cyber Security like principles of cyber security, Risks, Assets, Threats, and Vulnerabilities in system/network. The speaker also spoke about online transaction security, email account security, social media advantages and disadvantages. He further discussed about the importance of law knowledge, scope of cyber-crime, Ransomeware attack, lottery frauds, job frauds, Aadhar card OTP frauds, bonus point frauds, online ticket frauds and various online frauds. The question-answer session was conducted at the end where the participants asked various questions related to the security aspects in day to day life related online activities. 

This webinar was helpful to improve knowledge about Cyber security to overcome several security issues in a computer environment & also helped in spreading awareness among people about emerging threats because of the virus, malicious attacks, and suggests practical prevention methods to protect information assets.

Dr. V.K Rattan, the Vice-Chancellor, GNA University said, “Such International interactions are important as students and faculty get chance to understand global scenarios.” Dr. Vikrant Sharma, Dean (Engineering) said, “At GNA, we always focus on skill enhancement and contemporary topics discussions and we always organize such events for enhancing the skills of the students and faculty.”

Gurdeep Singh Sihra, the Pro-Chancellor, GNA University congratulated the department for organizing such skill based International Webinars which enhances the technical skills of students and faculty.