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Alexander Maer, “KZ-CERT” expert, presented a lecture “ONLINE FRAUD: Safety in the Digital Era” for NUFYP students

On March 13, Alexander Maer, KZ-CERT expert, presented a lecture on cybersecurity for students at the Nazarbayev University discussing “ONLINE FRAUD: Safety in the Digital Era”.

Nazarbayev University students develop various leadership projects under the Nazarbayev University Foundation Year Program (NUFYP).

At the Leadership class students initiated the Student Leadership Challenge Project (SLC) “goprotect”, when they independently invite expert-lecturers from various companies and industries.

KZ-CERT was invited to present a lecture to satisfy students’ interest in methods to combat phishing and Internet fraud on KazNet.

The lecture covered the following topics:

· Types of fishing and Internet fraud;

· Methods of cyber-criminals to attack organizations and general users;

· Methods to detect online fraud.

The “goprotect” team consists of Galiya Kozhayeva, Roman Khlubnyy, Shynggys Balmurat , Nursat Abishev and Aida Kairatova . The project supervisor - Elmira Tursunkhanova.

We express our gratitude to "KZ-CERT" and Alexander for conducting an informative lecture for NUFYP students.