Cybersecurity First Aid Clinic: Bridging the Gap Between Experts and Everyday Users

Lock on laptop as computer protection and cyber safety

Laura Palovuori
Johan Lugnet
Åsa Ericson

Lock on laptop as computer protection and cyber safety

The Cybersecurity First Aid Clinic “CyberAkuten” was established as part of the Interreg Aurora project ISSUES to connect experts and non-experts in an informal, hybrid setting across the Swedish-Finnish border. Cybersecurity is essential, but effective communication can be difficult. This article offers reasoning and advice for improving project communication, making it more inclusive, and increasing its appeal. It also encourages everyone to rethink how they communicate and, in doing so, take small but meaningful steps toward greater inclusion and security.

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Students as the new cyber targets

Picture of Centrias international students sitting around the table.

Divya Shrestha
Laura Palovuori
Tom Tuunainen

Picture of Centrias international students sitting around the table.

Over the past few years, the educational sector has been one of the most vulnerable sectors to cybercrime. Although universities have always defended their servers and research databases, a new trend has developed. The attackers are increasingly turning their attention to students. They have realized that students often represent the easiest path into those systems.

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The metaverse brings new cyber risks

Tom Tuunainen

The gap between the physical and the cyber world is narrowing down, and we are spending more and more time in the artificial universe. One of the most exciting new hypes is the metaverse. It is a term that is used to describe a combination of the virtual reality and mixed reality worlds, that is accessed through a browser or headset. It raises the virtual reality experience to a whole new level both quantitatively and qualitatively, and provides a truly immersive experience to its users.

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