Prof Mary Aiken talks Cybersecurity and CyberPsychology @ Launchbox TCD

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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

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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

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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

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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

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“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

juan_talloA 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.

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