PROMOTING CYBERSECURITY AND PRIVACY AWARENESS
As part of its mission to increase awareness of cybersecurity and privacy issues, CPI continues to produce engagement materials and increase its outreach efforts on all fronts, including to public, academic, governmental, and industry audiences. CPI is committed to developing and expanding our media platforms, along with persistently promoting cooperative efforts with a broad range of contributing sources.
CPI’S PUBLIC AND INTERNAL WEBSITES
Constantly updating and informing our membership and public interest
SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE
Twitter - Provides engagement with students and a vast general audience
YouTube - Publicizes our videos from CPI Talks, Behind the FireWall, and other presentations to provide ongoing examples of what we do and the folx we interact with and support
LinkedIn - Engages the professional community
NEWSLETTERS AND MAILING LISTS
CPI students mailing list - This is a low-traffic mailing list for CPI students to receive important announcements and to communicate with one another (e.g., student-only events, finding another student to help with research, etc.)
CPI seminars mailing list - This is a low-traffic mailing list where seminars, lectures, and other events related to cybersecurity and privacy (taking place across campus) are announced
CPI public mailing list - This is a low-traffic mailing list for CPI to announce its events and news updates. It is open to the general public
CPI TALKS
Public outreach lecture series
CPI TALKS
Yash Vardhan Pant - Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo
Gabriel Chan - Hong Kong Blockchain Society (HKBCS)
Subversion – From Spies to Hackers
Lennart Maschmeyer - Center for Security Studies
Digital Disinformation and Democracy
Bessma Momani - CPI & Department of Political Science, University of Waterloo and Shelly Ghai Bajaj - Department of Political Science, University of Waterloo ▪
Seny Kamara - Brown University
Are We Ready for the Quantum Era?
Michele Mosca - CPI, University of Waterloo and Sara Zafar Jafarzadeh - CPI, University of Waterloo
Data Breaches and Multiple Points to Stop Them
Daphne Yao - Virginia Tech
Ian Goldberg - CPI, University of Waterloo and Jen Whitson - CPI, University of Waterloo
CPI ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Themes – “Addressing the Cybersecurity & Privacy Talent Gap & Data Collection and Effective Public Policy”
CPI IN THE MEDIA
Colin Russell was part of the panel discussing Cyber Policy and Innovation - Cyber Policy in a Dynamic Geopolitical Environment at the Cyber Future Foundation’s Cyber Future Summit 2022
CPI held a booth at the RSC Celebration of Excellence and Engagement 2023.
The COEE provides a stage to promote the latest evidence and insights from scholars across disciplines and across generations, with nearly 200 Canadian scholars being recognized for their disciplinary and career achievements.
Scientific American article featuring CPI Member Florian Kerschbaum - “Tech Companies’ New Favorite Solution for the AI Content Crisis Isn’t Enough”.
N. Asokan delivered a keynote at the 2023 ASIACCS conference in Melbourne, Australia