Introducing Black Rose: Be a Cyber Super Star!
Join with us to become a cyber super star! Black Rose is a dramatic story of a famous singer coming face-to-face with the dark side of our society. She learns and uses cyber skills to overcome the threat of dangerous hackers and the criminals supporting them. Why should you support this graphic novel? Because as a... Read More
Getting Girls into Tech: 5 Ways to do Better
A special look at what helps encourage girls to get into the tech field – from the vantage point of high school student, Noor Madhoun Many new classroom initiatives and programs are popping up to encourage girls to code and get into technology. These programs are aimed at high school students in the hopes of... Read More
2nd Central Asian Internet Governance Forum
The SecDev Foundation is proud to support the 2nd Central Asian Internet Governance Forum (CAIGF) in Tajikistan. The main purpose of the CAIGF is to create a public platform for discussing internet governance policies in Central Asia. The Forum addresses issues related to cybersecurity, ICT development, internet freedom and regulation. In doing so, the CAIGF... Read More
Why It Might Be Too Soon to Celebrate Press Freedom? And What Should Be Done About It.
The third of May is supposed to be a day to ‘’celebrate the fundamental principles of press freedom.” Given some alarming global trends in media, however, it seems celebrations are far from in order – more must be done to simply protect freedom of the press. Three recent reports have highlighted troubling media trends around... Read More
Create a Strong Password in 5 Simple Steps
Passwords provide the first line of defense against unauthorized access to your online accounts. Yet most people still aren’t taking passwords seriously. According to a PEW survey, while 91% of adults felt they have lost control of their personal information online, 41% have shared their password with others, 39% use the same or similar passwords... Read More
SecDev Foundation Funds Digital Citizenship Symposium in Hanoi, Vietnam
Digital Citizenship on the Agenda following Vietnam’s Safer Internet Day 2017 The SecDev Foundation supported a symposium on digital citizenship in Hanoi on 22 February 2017, bringing together national and international experts to discuss the state of digital literacy education in Vietnam. The Symposium on Digital Citizenship and Safer Internet Day 2017 was hosted by... Read More
SalamaTech: Harnessing Technology to Advance Peacebuilding
Our own Anwar Abas participated in a debate on PeaceTech earlier today. The panel session, hosted by the Centre for Security and Governance, is part of a wider series on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding. Today’s online event looked at ways to use technology for advancing peacebuilding. Anwar was on hand to share our experience with peactech in... Read More
Women, Violent extremism and the Internet: Empowering Prevention – 6 March 2017
On March 6th the CIC National Capital Branch, in cooperation with the SecDev Foundation, hosted the event, Women, Violent Extremism and the Internet: Empowering Prevention; Dealing with Risk. The video recording of this event is now available below as well as via CPAC and YouTube: Background information: Our panel of experts discussed the complex role... Read More
Online Extremism in Central Asia: Repression is not Effective, But What’s the Alternative?
The SecDev Foundation recently co-hosted a Central Asia Security Forum workshop on Countering Violent Extremism Online. One key take away from the forum is the widespread use by governments in Central Asia of repressive tactics for countering violent extremism (CVE) online – but experts questioned if this short term approach is good for the long-run... Read More
Women, Technology & Partnerships – Countering Terrorist use of the Internet
The CIC National Capital Branch, in cooperation with the SecDev Foundation, present a special panel on “Women, Technology & Partnerships-countering terrorist use of the Internet” on 6 March 2017 in Ottawa. This event is co-organized by the United Nations Counter-terrorism Executive Directorate (UNCTED), ICT for Peace Foundation (Switzerland) and the SecDev Foundation (Canada) as part of... Read More