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Cyber Empowerment

Cyber Empowerment

Written by: Aaron Tng
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Welcome to the Cyber Empowerment Podcast. This podcast series aims to:

  1. Empower students with foundational knowledge and skills to learn and appreciate the challenges we are facing in the fields of computer science, data science and cybersecurity through the eyes of industry luminaries and experts.
  2. Raise awareness of the criticality and urgency of the technical, social, ethical, and political issues in the computer science, data science and cybersecurity fields among aspiring students, and equip them with the necessary knowledge and skills to address these challenges head-on.
  3. Educate my peers on career growth and development opportunities in the computer science, data science and cybersecurity fields that can lead to a fulfilling life and career journey!

Each week on Cyber Empowerment, I will sit down with industry luminaries and experts for a 30-minute conversation where they will share their views on these 4 key topics that concern students today:

- Career Growth and Development

- Cybersecurity

- Society and Ethics

- Diversity and Inclusiveness

Aaron Tng 2023 Science
Episodes
  • Episode 9: Interview with Adam Shostack

    Episode 9: Interview with Adam Shostack
    Oct 23 2023
    Adam Shostack, a well-known author, entrepreneur and pioneer of SDL Threat Modeling, is my guest in this latest episode of Cyber Empowerment podcast. Listen to his exciting career journey and what inspired him to write an unorthodox book on cybersecurity called “Threats: What Every Engineer Should Learn from Star Wars, and “Threat Modeling: Designing for Security”, which was chosen as Dr. Dobb’s Jot Award Finalist in 2014. Check out Adam’s free online course “Learning Threat Modeling for Security Professionals” on LinkedIn.
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    22 mins
  • Episode 8: Interview with Dinesh Chandrasekaran

    Episode 8: Interview with Dinesh Chandrasekaran
    Oct 4 2023
    My guest, Mr. Dinesh Chandrasekaran, developed an interest in Cybersecurity after taking a class in Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Analysis taught by Mr. Dan Guido as a graduate student at NYU. Dinesh began his professional career in Cybersecurity as a security engineer at Broadridge, and later worked at several technology companies including Microsoft, Box and Google. At Google, he ensures companies that Google acquired meet the security standard of Google and the industry as the Merger and Acquisition Security Manager. Listen to Dinesh as he elucidates STRIDE Threat Modeling and why it is an integral part of the software development process. Hear about the different DEI programs at Google to support students of all backgrounds to pursue their career paths and maximize their potential.
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    22 mins
  • Episode 7: Interview with Lucine Wang

    Episode 7: Interview with Lucine Wang
    Sep 18 2023

    Ms. Lucine Wang, my guest on this latest episode of Cyber Empowerment podcast, was inspired by Dan Brown’s bestseller “The Da Vinci Code” to pursue a degree in Cybersecurity! Listen to Lucine’s inspiring journey from a college student in China, to an intern and full-time employee at Microsoft, and now an Engineering Manager at Uber based in Seattle. Learn about Incident Response, and ways Artificial Intelligence, or AI, helps sharpen an organization’s ability to identify and respond to Cybersecurity threats. Finally, hear about why Diversity and Inclusion are critical to innovation and making more informed decisions.
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    22 mins
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