Cyber Safety Forum (4 Nov 2010)
A total of 60 participants consisting of students and staff from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Seri Iskandar, Sunway College Ipoh, SMK Pengkalan, SMK Rapat Setia, K-Perak and Cyber Security attended the “Cyber Security Forum” at Perak Techno-Trade Centre (PTTC), Ipoh. It was officiated on 4 Nov 2010 by Dr M Fadzil Hassan, Head of Computer & Information Sciences Department of UTP.
The forum was organised by the Counseling & Students Development Unit , Student Support Services Department (SSSD) and Computer & Information Sciences Department of UTP in collaboration with Cyber Security and K-Perak to inculcate the importance of cyber awareness among all users, mainly the school and university students. Among the activities during the forum were Cyber Awareness Talk by En Ahmad Izham, Head of Outreach Department, Cyber Security, Leaders Conference for student leaders and presentation on current cyber issues by all participants.
Cyber Safety Forum is one of the effective platforms to educate the public on the importance of safety especially in using social network such as Facebook, Twitter, Wi-Fi, password security, actual identity in internet and many more.