A day-long celebration of ‘Cyber Security Awareness Day-2021’ has started at Daffodil International University (DIU) on Saturday, October 30, 2021 with a colorful event which was organized by Cyber Security Center of DIU.
The program was inaugurated by the Pro-Vice Chancellor of Daffodil International University Professor Dr. SM MahbubUlHaqueMajumder as chief guest at Daffodil International University campus, Daffodil Smart City, Ashulia. In the meantime Dr. Md. Sabur Khan, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Daffodil International University was present as guest of honor and IqbalHossain, President of ISACA Bangladesh Chapter was present as special guest and as well as the keynote speaker, a press release said.
Beside this Professor Dr. Engineer AKM FazlulHaque, Registrar of DIU, Dr. Imran Mahmud, Head, Department of Software Engineering, Sheikh Mohammad Allayer, Head, Department of MCT, MarufHasan, Director of the Cyber Security Center and Associate Professor and Dr. TouhidBhuiyan, Head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering also joined this program form Australia through online.
Professor Dr. SM MahbubUlHaqueMajumder said to his speech that at present 4.5 billion people in the world use social media. The present time is the time of information technology and internet. One cannot imagine a day without internet now. So we need to be aware of the cyber world.
He also said that information technology revolution is happening in Bangladesh now. Now is the time to be aware of cyber threat. He hoped that the young generation would learn a lot about cyber security from today’s seminars and workshops.
Dr. Md. Sabur Khan said that the present age is called the data age. He who have more data in his hand, the more powerful he is. So in the world of internet there is no way but to keep our data safe.
Addressing to the students, Daffodil Chairman also said that the world of information technology is changing rapidly. It is heard that Quantum Computer will hit the market next year. This computer will be 10 million faster than present computers. So we need to be more aware of the security of technology.
IqbalHossain said that hacking incidents are increasing all over the world. Only last year, the websites of 83% of the world’s organizations have been hacked. So there is no way but to be aware of cyber security. Sad but true, only 7% of the world’s internet users are aware about cyber security.
