Dr Magda Chelly
| Dr Magda Chelly | |
|---|---|
 Magda Lilia Chelly, Cybersecurity Expert, and Public Speaker | |
| Native name | Magda Lilia Chelly |
| Born | 1983 Poland |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Polish, Tunisian |
| Other names | m94da4ch3lly |
| 🏫 Education | Ph.D. |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Telecom Sudparis |
| 💼 Occupation | Cybersecurity Professional |
| 🏢 Organisation | Responsible Cyber Pte. Ltd. |
| 🏅 Awards | The IFSEC Global influencers in security and fire 2021 |
| 🌐 Website | https://magda-on-cyber.com |
"'Magda Lilia Chelly'" is a Polish Tunisian computer security specialist, Chief Information Security Officer, security consultant, entrepreneur, researcher, public speaker, and cybersecurity entertainer. [1]
Magda is a strong activist for women in cybersecurity. She founded in 2016, a non-profit group called Women on Cyber, previously called WoSEC Singapore. [2] This group is supporting diversity and inclusion initiatives in the cybersecurity industry. [3]
She is a member of the Advisory Board for the Executive Summit at Black Hat Asia. She is the co-founder of Responsible Cyber Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-based startup with NUS Enterprise, the entrepreneurial arm of the National University of Singapore, and Singtel Innov8, the venture capital arm of the Singtel Group, as its shareholders. The company was valued at 7 Million SGD in May 2020.
Dr. Magda is affiliated with Telecom SudParis, where she obtained a Ph.D. in Telecommunication Engineering in 2011. [4] She speaks fluently 5 languages. She has been publicly speaking in English, French and Arabic.
Magda's research topics have focused on "'Cyber Security'", the future of localisation and positioning, education and more. Her research works and writings around cybersecurity have been featured by IEEE, RSA Conference, CYBERSEC, World Congress on Internet Security (WorldCIS-2016), CYBER RISK LEADERS Magazine, among others.
She speaks about cybersecurity in general, focusing on "'cyber risk'" management, "'hacking'" and diversity and inclusion in the field.
Early Life[edit]
Magda Lilia Chelly was born in Poland in 1983.[5] She moved to Tunisia at an early age with her parents [6], where she started her engineering studies at Sup'Com or SUP'COM or Higher School of Communication of Tunis or Engineering School of Communication of Tunis, Tunisia. She obtained her Master's in the same field in 2009 [7].
Dr. Chelly held her thesis "Propagation of a position in connected networks" under the direction of Professor Nel Samama on the 7th of July 2011 in Evry, France[8]. Her thesis was held in partnership with Pierre and Marie Curie University. Magda started her professional career as an Assistant Professor at Telecom SudParis, supporting her Professor in the course "Positioning in constrained environments" [9]. Magda was involved in the research of GNSS and WLAN signal processing for indoor positioning, with Anca Fluerasu, Alexandre Vervisch-Picois, and Nel Samama[10]. In 2009, Dr. Chelly was part of the reviewers for the Annales des Telecommunications (2010) 65:129–131 DOI 10.1007/s12243-009-0157-3[11].
Dr. Chelly moved to Qatar to join a large telecommunications operator in Qatar, where she lived for two years. In 2015, she moved to Singapore.
Career[edit]
Dr. Chelly is currently working in cybersecurity, based in Singapore. She founded a startup called Responsible Cyber Pte. Ltd. in 2016[12]. She is, also, involved in her non-profit group supporting diversity and inclusion [13]. She is also a trainer with the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants, formerly the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore (ISCA) [14], where she teaches 'cybersecurity.'
Consulting[edit]
Since 2015, Dr. Chelly has been a paid cybersecurity consultant, public speaker, and researcher. She does security consulting for Fortune 500 companies across the world [15].
Research topics[edit]
Magda's research topics have been concerning the future of cybersecurity, education, localization and positioning, and more. Her research works and writings about cyber security have been featured by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the RSA Conference, and the Australian Information Security Association (AISA) among others [16][17].
Media[edit]
Magda is best known for The Dark Web Documentary on Channel News Asia[18]. She, later on, was featured in other TV shows, including VTV 1 News; the first channel of VTV launched on the 7 September 1970. [19]. Dr. Magda was the guest on Task Force 7 Radio [20]. She gave interviews including Prime Time on MoneyFM 89.3[21]. In 2020, she was featured in the distributed version of the Dark Web Documentary on Canal Plus [22].
Filmography[edit]
Magda Lilia Chelly has been known in her early days for her appearance in Love Me, Original title: Aime-moi (2009); a short movie with Armelle Deutsch[23]: Toute la mort devant soi (2009), Love Me (2009), Utopium: Song for an Artist (2008).
Quotes[edit]
- "Cybersecurity is a social responsibility. We all have a role to play."
Awards and Recognition[edit]
Chelly has received various awards, including the below [24]:
- 2021 - Top Women in Security ASEAN Region 2021 awards [25]
- 2020 – Top 8 Twitter Cybersecurity Influencers
- 2020 – Honorable mentions: Women making a mark
- 2019 – 29 Highly Influential CISOs by Peerlyst
- 2019 – Top 14 Cyber Security Influencers to Follow
- 2018 – CISO Of the Week
- 2018 – 10 cybersecurity experts to follow on Twitter in 2018
- 2018 – 58 Women In Cybersecurity To Follow On Twitter
- 2018 – Top 17 Cybersecurity Influencers in 2018 You Must Follow
- 2017 – TOP 50 International cyber security influencer, internationally
- 2017 – Woman in IT Awards Finalist
References[edit]
- ↑ "Magda Chelly Computer Security Specialist Personal Website".
- ↑ "Magda Chelly". Cyber Security Agency of Singapore.
- ↑ "Magda Chelly Cybersecurity competition for females in Singapore, CTF creates opportunity and diversity". The Independent Singapore.
- ↑ "Magda Chelly". Telecom SudParis.
- ↑ "Magda Chelly".
- ↑ "Magda Chelly Cybersecurity Professional".
- ↑ "Magda Chelly".
- ↑ "Magda Chelly Doctorate in Telecommunication Engineering". ABES, Theses.fr.
- ↑ "Magda Chelly". TELECOM SudParis.
- ↑ "Magda Chelly Thesis". TELECOM SudParis.
- ↑ "Magda Chelly Published Articles". Springer Verlag.
- ↑ "Responsible Cyber".
- ↑ "Women on Cyber Singapore".
- ↑ "Magda Chelly Cybersecurity Trainer".
- ↑ "Economic Times India Magda Chelly Cybersecurity in the Borderless Digital Enterprise".
- ↑ "Cyber risk integration is essential by Magda Chelly".
- ↑ "Magda Chelly Google Scholar Profile".
- ↑ "Magda Chelly talks on Channel News Asia".
- ↑ "VTV 1 News 8H Magda Chelly".
- ↑ "Task Force 7 Radio Interview with Magda Chelly".
- ↑ "Magda Chelly on MoneyFM 89.3".
- ↑ "Magda Chelly sur Canal Plus".
- ↑ "Magda Chelly IMDb Profile".
- ↑ "London Speaking Bureau Magda Chelly Profile".
- ↑ "Magda Chelly Winners and Judges of the Top Women in Security Asean Region 2021 Awards".
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Magda Chelly on IMDb
- Magda Chelly at Crunchbase
- Google Scholar
- LinkedIn Profile
- YouTube Page
- Employees Impact on Cyber Security Human Behavior Consequences on security measures
- Magda Chelly Twitter
- Magda Chelly Facebook
- Magda Chelly Instagram
- YouTube Magda Chelly
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