Dr Mary Aiken awarded Fellowship of the Society for Chartered IT Professionals
Prof Mary Aiken talks Cybersecurity and CyberPsychology @ Launchbox TCD
Producer of ‘CSI Cyber’ talks Cybersecurity and Cyberpsychology.
As the world’s leading Cyberpsychologist, Mary specialises in the intersection between technology and human behaviour. She’s an advisor to Europol, The White House and inspiration behind the new CBS television series CSI: Cyber.
Professor Aiken invited to give a lecture on the “CyberPsychology of Leadership in Cyberspace” at the United States Military Academy West Point
Mary Aiken Director of the RCSI CyberPsychology Research Centre pictured with Fernando Maymi, Assistant Professor and Deputy Director of the Army Cyber Institute at West Point New York.
Professor Aiken was invited to give a lecture on the ‘CyberPsychology of Leadership in Cyberspace” to the Cadets at West Point.
RCSI CyberPsychology Research Centre publish in the RCSI Surgical Scope publication
Mary Aiken, Director RCSI CyberPsychology Research Centre, RCSI Insitute of Leadership, offers surgeons some practical advice on how to make the most of social media and your online presence while avoiding potential pitfalls
The article highlights the relevance and applicability of cyberpsychology learnings in this space
Follow link to article – http://www.rcsileadership.org/index.jsp?p=289&n=961&a=5443
Follow link to full publication – http://www.rcsi.ie/surgicalscope
Mary Aiken speaking at the Law Reform Commission Public Seminar on Cyber Crime affecting personal safety, privacy, and reputation, including cyber-bullying Wednesday 22 April 2015
Speakers (From right):Detective SergeantJennifer Molony, Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Investigation Unit, An Garda Síochána. Michael McDowell, Senior Counsel, Dr. Brian O’Neill, Chairperson of the Internet Content Governance Advisory Group, Mary Aiken,Professor and Director at the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland Cyber Psychology Research Centre, Sir Michael Tugendhat, the retired senior media judge of the English High Court, Finola Flanagan Commissioner Law Reform Commission, Sinéad McSweeney, Senior Director of Public Policy for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Twitter, Jennifer Schweppe,Lecturer in law at the University of Limerick Fergal Crehan, Barrister-at-Law,Ian Power,Executive Director at SpunOut.ie.
Launch of the Europol EC3 Academic Advisory Network
The European Cyber Crime Centre EC3 at Europol has hosted the inaugural meeting of the EC3 Academic Advisory Network(EC3AAN). The transdisciplinary academic network will focus on forward-looking cyber research and will advise on key cybersocietal issues.
EC3AAN: Olivier Burgersdijk European Cyber Crime Centre EC3 Europol; Dr Philipp Amann European Cyber Crime Centre EC3 Europol; Professor Julia Davidson, Middlesex University London; Professor Mary Aiken, Director, RCSI CyberPsychology Research Centre; Professor Marco Gercke, University of Cologne; Director, Cybercrime Research Institute ; Kristopher Rush, Deputy Technical Director, CERT Cyber Security Solutions, Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University; Professor Steve Chan, Network Science Research Centre, Swansea University; Associate Professor Edgar Weippl, Technical University of Vienna; Research Director, SBA-Research; Professor Michael Bakes, Director, CISPA University Saarbrucken; Professor Michael Levi, Cardiff University; Professor Alan Woodward, University of Surrey; Professor Jan van den Berg, Scientific Director, Cyber Security Academy Delft University of Technology
When the trolls come out to play on the net
“I hope you drink rat poison and die,” says Prof Steven Knowlton. We are having a conversation about the often negative and often abusive comments below the line of online news stories.
Knowlton, a professor of journalism at Dublin City University, is simply giving me an example of the kind of thing most readers stumble upon on a daily basis. Another day, another dinger for your garden variety internet troll.
Researching health symptoms online is a prescription for anxiety
WORRIED about that lingering headache or that persistent cough? Consulting Dr Google may not always be good for our health and in fact a design flaw in search engines means we usually get the worst-case scenario for our medical symptoms — regardless of how harmless they are — which raises our anxiety levels as a result.
The Hollywood Reporter: Cyber Security Experts Question Whether North Korea Acted Alone in Sony Hack
A Steed Symposium panel on cyber security raised questions about other possible players while advising that companies must be prepared for such attacks.
North Korea many not have been the only player involved in the hack on Sony Pictures, a panel of cyber security experts argued on Monday evening.
New weapon for parents in the war on cyber-bullying
Parents may soon be able to spot whether their child is being bullied on social media sites thanks to a new programme being devised by an Irish cyber expert.
Mary Aiken, a cyber psychologist - who is the inspiration behind 'CSI: Cyber', the latest spin-off of the hugely popular American crime drama franchise - revealed that she is currently working with a tech company in Silicon Valley to write an algorithm aimed at spotting warning words such as "hate".
Huffington Post: Sharenting - You Might Be Putting Your Kids At Risk On Social Media
Sharenting is the new term used to describe parents who post information about their family and kids online. A national poll says more than half of mothers and a third of fathers discuss their child's health and parenting on social media. Basically, online sharing makes parents feel as if they're not alone. However, there is a downside.
Hardcore sites spur child stress disorder: Kids suffering same PTSD symptoms as combat vets, says expert
EXPOSURE to explicit images of sex, torture and self-harm online is putting children at risk of developing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) similar to the experience of combat veterans, groundbreaking new research from world-renowned cybercrime expert Professor Mary Aiken has found. Speaking on the publication of her new research on PTSD and virtual reality exposure therapy in civilian and military populations, Ms Aiken, said "legal but age-inappropriate content" is one of the "biggest problems" facing modern society. Now she is calling on the Government and service providers to take "urgent action" to protect young people from harmful content online. "We know that witnessing events that involve people hurting other people can lead to PTSD in children.
CyberPsychology in Wired this month.
Mary Aiken is a cybercrime expert. Having studied online sex offenders, self-harmers and human traffickers, the Irish psychologist heads the CyberPsychology Research Centre at Dublin's Royal College of Surgeons, where scientists study how technology distorts human behaviour. Her work has caught the eye of TV crime franchise CSI -- this year, CSI: Cyber will have Patricia Arquette playing a cyber psychologist heading up an FBI unit based on Aiken's real-life work.
"The same way CSI helped the world to understand forensic crime, CSI: Cyber will do that for cyber-psychology," Aiken says. "Some people still see technology as merely mediating human behaviour, but we're talking about an immersive, disinhibiting environment that has the capacity to fundamentally alter behaviour."
CSI:Cyber breaks Guinness world record
The pilot for new show CSI:Cyber has broken a Guinness world record when it was aired in 171 countries simultaneously. Mary Aiken is a producer on the show. CSI: Cyber, which premiered last week, stars newly-crowned Oscar-winner Patricia Arquette as Special Agent Avery Ryan, who heads the Cyber Crime Division of the FBI. Based on real-life cyber psychologist Mary Aiken, Agent Ryan is tasked with solving illegal activities that start in the mind, live online and play out in the real world.