- Home
- About Us & Project Introduction
- What Are "Cyber Security" and "Cyber Attack"?
- Why Does Cyber Security Matter?
- International and Local Cooperation on Cyber Attacks
- Simple Steps Towards Enhanced Cyber Security
- Educating the Public
- Video Reviews & Useful Resources
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
“If you think technology can solve your security problems, then you don't understand the problems and you don't understand the technology.” - Bruce Schneier, global expert on cybersecurity
Description of Our Team
We are Darren Teoh (16), Liu Yi Lin (17), Park Han Min (18) and Clarence See
(16) from the Raffles Institutiton. We have come to know about the Doors to
Diplomacy through our Social Studies teacher Mr Eric Koh. Mr Koh is our
teacher-mentor. All of us are active users of the Internet services like Google
Docs and have keen interest in cybersecurity. To share our knowledge on
cybersecurity and its increasing importance in a globalized world, we have
decided to take part in the Doors to Diplomacy competition.
(16) from the Raffles Institutiton. We have come to know about the Doors to
Diplomacy through our Social Studies teacher Mr Eric Koh. Mr Koh is our
teacher-mentor. All of us are active users of the Internet services like Google
Docs and have keen interest in cybersecurity. To share our knowledge on
cybersecurity and its increasing importance in a globalized world, we have
decided to take part in the Doors to Diplomacy competition.
Summary of Our Project
“If you think technology can solve your security problems, then you don't understand the problems and you don't understand the technology.” - Bruce Schneier, global expert on cybersecurity
The key aim of our project is to educate the people around the world about the
importance of cybersecurity and the growing threat our cyberspace faces in the
21st century. Nowadays, many of us are connected to the Internet and it forms a
vital part of our life. Due to the increasing connectivity to the Internet, the threat of cyberattacks grows equally as much.
We explore the various types of cyberattacks and the importance of cybersecurity
from various perspectives: political, economic and individual. Additionally, we
also explore how various international organisations are coming together to
combat the threat of cyberattacks and what the Singapore Government and private
sectors are doing to ensure Singapore’s cybersecurity.
Most importantly, we look at limitations of what the so-called cybersecurity
“professionals” can do to mitigate cybersecurity threats, and we explain what
each individual can do to protect himself/herself from the growing threat of
cyberattacks. The key message of our project is that cybersecurity is a
collective issue which concerns everyone of us, hence everybody has a part to
play in ensuring the global cybersecurity. We believe that cybersecurity is just
like ensuring the security of neighbourhoods: police patrols the area for
criminals like thieves while each household has their own security measures to
prevent breaking in.
The key aim of our project is to educate the people around the world about the
importance of cybersecurity and the growing threat our cyberspace faces in the
21st century. Nowadays, many of us are connected to the Internet and it forms a
vital part of our life. Due to the increasing connectivity to the Internet, the threat of cyberattacks grows equally as much.
We explore the various types of cyberattacks and the importance of cybersecurity
from various perspectives: political, economic and individual. Additionally, we
also explore how various international organisations are coming together to
combat the threat of cyberattacks and what the Singapore Government and private
sectors are doing to ensure Singapore’s cybersecurity.
Most importantly, we look at limitations of what the so-called cybersecurity
“professionals” can do to mitigate cybersecurity threats, and we explain what
each individual can do to protect himself/herself from the growing threat of
cyberattacks. The key message of our project is that cybersecurity is a
collective issue which concerns everyone of us, hence everybody has a part to
play in ensuring the global cybersecurity. We believe that cybersecurity is just
like ensuring the security of neighbourhoods: police patrols the area for
criminals like thieves while each household has their own security measures to
prevent breaking in.
How We Acted as Ambassadors for the Project
We presented our project during the school’s Research Education Congress. This was an opportunity for us to inform our schoolmates about the importance of cybersecurity. We acted as the ambassadors for our project by raising the awareness of the issue of cybersecurity. Cybersecurity is not an important issue among the student population hence the Research Education Congress provided us to share our knowledge on cybersecurity with the rest of the student population.
At the same time, we also promoted our Doors to Diplomacy website to our friends
and schoolmates to view and give feedback. Through this exercise, we were able
to engage with them on-line and to educate them on the importance of cybersecurity. All their feedback was valuable to us since it helped us make the
content easier for people to understand. Through this online engagement, we
acted as ambassadors for our project.
In future, we plan to reach out to a wider audience through the use of social media
like Facebook and also by giving voluntary talks on the issue of cybersecurity.
Furthermore, we are in the process of making a social documentary video on the
importance of cybersecurity and the liability of cybersecurity. We hope to share
this video with the global community through platforms like YouTube and
Dailymotion. In general, our future approach will be done mainly through the
cyberspace.
At the same time, we also promoted our Doors to Diplomacy website to our friends
and schoolmates to view and give feedback. Through this exercise, we were able
to engage with them on-line and to educate them on the importance of cybersecurity. All their feedback was valuable to us since it helped us make the
content easier for people to understand. Through this online engagement, we
acted as ambassadors for our project.
In future, we plan to reach out to a wider audience through the use of social media
like Facebook and also by giving voluntary talks on the issue of cybersecurity.
Furthermore, we are in the process of making a social documentary video on the
importance of cybersecurity and the liability of cybersecurity. We hope to share
this video with the global community through platforms like YouTube and
Dailymotion. In general, our future approach will be done mainly through the
cyberspace.
Our Impact on the Community
Our project was able to educate our immediate community (i.e. schoolmates) about the importance of cybersecurity and methods to ensure one’s cybersecurity. We were really glad to receive compliments from our fellow students for our awareness project. They previously had limited knowledge on the issue of cybersecurity. Through our website, they had come to know more about the issue and how to better defend themselves from the threat of the cyberattacks. They even informed their friends of our project so that they could read and learn from it. Even teachers expressed their appreciation at a concise and informative presentation.
We were happy to know that our project was making positive impact on our community. In future, we hope to reach out to more people through the use of social
networks like Facebook and YouTube.
We were happy to know that our project was making positive impact on our community. In future, we hope to reach out to more people through the use of social
networks like Facebook and YouTube.