Padang Jawa, 16 December 2023 – A big step was undertaken to support cybersecurity awareness within the Padang Jawa community. Under the initiative of Service Learning Malaysia – University for Society (SULAM), a Security Awareness Workshop was successfully organized by the College of Computing, Informatics, and Mathematics (KPPIM), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Shah Alam, in partnership with Masjid As-Solihin, Kampung Padang Jawa. The goal of the workshop was to raise children’s and adolescents’ knowledge on cybersecurity issues, as well as addressing growing concerns on cyberthreats in the digital era.
Over thirty community members attended the workshop which was held at Dewan Jamaluddin, Masjid As-Solihin. Muhammad Azri Arif Mohd Yusof, from the Bachelor of Computer Science (Hons.) Computer Networks, served as the Workshop Program Director where he and a strong team of 21 KPPIM computing students devised activities that centers on identifying and reducing the risks of cyberthreats. All attendees were provided with certificates of completion at the end of the event.
Masjid As-Solihin strongly supported this programme to enrich their young congregations with strong values and be more tech savvy. Moreover, their frequent gadget and internet use are often unsupervised. According to Nazir Masjid As-Solihin Padang Jawa, Mr. Soleh Bin Ahmad, “Cyber technology has its advantages but if misused it can be bad, may the participants take the good value from this workshop to protect themselves from cybercrime”.
According to one of the participants, Muhammad Fahmy bin Muhammad Hafiz, “The workshop is able to help the community be more aware on cyber security issues”. Nurul Syuhadah binti Rahman, another participant also added, “The workshop helps to increase the knowledge of cyber security”. The feedback from the participants attested the strong values which UiTM upholds where not only the students should be tech savvy, but the surrounding community must also benefit from developing technology and knowledge outreach.
KPPIM SULAM 2023/2024 programme is one of the initiatives aimed at empowering and serving the community through volunteer activities. Undergraduates are given the opportunity to apply their knowledge practically and discover how the knowledge they have acquired can also improve the living standards of the local community. The activities also support the aspirations of Fourth, and Eleventh Sustainable Development Goals, which are Quality Education, as well as Sustainable Cities and Communities. It is also in line with the visions of Malaysia Madani.