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## Report
28th of October, Saturday **Cyber Safety For Students** session was held in collaboration with B-RIG (Blockchain Information Group),
CybeReach and ISAC (Information Sharing and Analysis Centre) foundation at 4 PM and students who were available attended a hybrid
meeting at Anugraha Hall (AB-3). The session was presided over by Prof. M. Sethumadhavan, Centre head at TIFAC-CORE in cyber security,
Group Captain P Aanand Naidu, Director at ISAC, and Ms. Lakshmi Mini, Head intervention at CopConnect ISAC.
Mr. Rahul Alwal IPS, Superintendent of Police at Lunglei, Mizoram also joined the session for an interactive talk.
**Cyber Safety For Students** session was held in collaboration with ISAC (Information Sharing and Analysis Centre) foundation on the 28<sup>th</sup> of October
at 4 PM and students who were available attended a hybrid meeting at Anugraha Hall (AB-3).

The session was presided over by **Prof. M. Sethumadhavan**, Centre Head at TIFAC-CORE in Cyber Security, **Group Captain P Aanand Naidu**, Director at ISAC,
and **Ms. Lakshmi Mini**, Head Intervention at CopConnect ISAC. **Mr. Rahul Alwal IPS**, Superintendent of Police at Lunglei, Mizoram also joined the session for an interactive talk.

With the primary goal of Cyber Awareness Month in mind, our initiative aimed to cultivate a safer and more robust online environment for our peers.
We achieved this by furnishing information, resources, and best practices to ensure safety in this digital era.

<p align='center'>
<img src="../images/ISAC_2023_Poster.png" alt="ISAC-Poster" >
<img src="../images/CAM/2023/ISAC/ISAC_Poster.png" alt="ISAC-Poster" >
</p>
Following the prayer song by WiCyS Secretary, Ms. Parvathi S, the President of WiCyS Amrita Student Chapter Ms. Deepthi J, gave a bird’s eye view
on Cyber Awareness Month and an introduction on the Cyber based clubs active in Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore namely
WiCyS (Women in Cyber Security Amrita Student Chapter), BRIG (Blockchain Reach Interest Group), and Cyber Reach (Cyber Research and Creative Hut).
After that the event was inaugurated by Prof. M. Sethumadhavan. An overview of ISAC, an international Non-Profit Organization, that solves larger
problems impacting the connected digital world on Cyber Security was given by Captain P A Naidu which was succeeded by Ms. Lakshmi Mini’s talk
on ‘Cyber Safety For Students’. Ms. Amita Narayanan Kutty, Voice of the club in WiCyS & Ms. G Hamsini compered the informative session.
<p>
The event started with a prayer song by Ms. Parvathi, WiCyS Amrita Student Chapter Secretary. Following the prayer, the President of WiCyS Amrita Student Chapter Ms. Deepthi J, gave a bird’s eye view on Cyber Awareness Month and introduced various initiatives by TIFAC-Core in Cyber Security namely <a href="https://cybereach.github.io/">CybeReach</a> (Cyber Research and Creative Hut), WiCyS Amrita Student Chapter and <a href="https://b-rig.github.io/">B-RIG</a> (Blockchain- Research Interest Group).

The event was inaugurated and opened by Prof. M. Sethumadhavan. Group Captain P A Naidu gave an overview of ISAC, which is an international Non-Profit Organization, that solves larger problems impacting the connected digital world on Cyber Security. This was succeeded by Ms. Lakshmi Mini who gave voice to her thoughts on ‘Cyber Safety For Students’.

Ms. Lakshmi Mini’s talk conveyed the essence on how important it is to be cyber aware. She then proceeded to explain about the different types of
Ms. Lakshmi Mini highlighted the essence of how important it is to be cyber-aware. She then proceeded to explain about the different types of
scams and online frauds one should prevent themselves from getting trapped by. The types include:
<ul>
<li>Fake profiles</li>
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<li>Identity thefts </li>
<li>Impersonation and cyber bullying</li>
</ul>
</p>
<p align='center'>
<img src="../images/ISAC_2023_SP.png" alt="ISAC-Session Pictures" >
<img src="../images/CAM/2023/ISAC/ISAC_SP-9.png" alt="ISAC-Session Pictures" >
</p>
She, being an experienced CCIO, was able to quote cases from her past as examples for the above types of scams. The session was very
informative and understandable even for people without a technical background.
At 17:17 PM, Mr. Rahul Alwal, IPS joined the session and gave his insights on impersonation and identity theft and talked about some

<p>
She, being an experienced CCIO, was able to quote cases from her past as examples of the above scams. The session was very
informative and understandable even for people without any technical background.

Mr. Rahul Alwal, IPS joined the session and gave his insights on impersonation and identity theft and talked about some
cases that he had come across in his tenure. He also highlighted the importance and the risk it presents.

A 5-minute quiz based on the session, testing the participant’s understanding of cyber safety intricacies was a highlight of the event.
The winners were chosen based on the accuracy of their answers and the speed with which they responded. ISAC courses valued at a total
The winners were chosen based on the accuracy of their answers and the time with which they responded. ISAC courses valued at a total
of around 1 lakh 45 thousand Rupees were given as prizes to the top 3 scorers.
</p>

<p align='center'>
<img src="../images/ISAC_2023_Winners.png" alt="ISAC-Winners" >
<img src="../images/CAM/2023/ISAC/ISAC_Winners.png" alt="ISAC-Winners" >
</p>
Winners and prizes:
<ul>
<l1> First Prize- Pavan Shanmukha Madhav (2nd year B.Tech CYS)</l1>
<l1> First Prize: Pavan Shanmukha Madhav Gunda [2nd year B.Tech CSE(CYS)]</l1>
<ul><l1>Gift voucher for CCIO, CPEW, Certification in Basics of Information Security (ICBIS), Certified Penetration Tester (ICPT).</l1></ul>
<l1>Second Prize- N.Meera (2nd year B.Tech CYS)</l1>
<l1>Second Prize: N Meera [2nd year B.Tech CSE(CYS)]</l1>
<ul><l1>Gift voucher for CCIO, CPEW, Certification in Basics of Information Security (ICBIS).</l1></ul>
<l1>Third Prize- Agil Prasanna (2nd year B.Tech CYS)</l1>
<l1>Third Prize: Agilprasanna P [2nd year B.Tech CSE(CYS)]</l1>
<ul><l1>Gift voucher for CCIO, CPEW</l1></ul></ul>

Ms. Amita Narayanan Kutty, Voice of the Club in WiCyS & Ms. G Hamsini compered the session.

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