A one-day workshop on cyber security awareness was held on 7^th April 2016 at Imphal College,Imphal organized by National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT), Akampat.

The workshop was attended by 169 students and 25 staff members

The aim of the workshop is to generate mass awareness on Internet, Cyber security, cyber ethics among students and teachers enabling them to be responsible citizens and participate safely and securely in information society.

The workshop is being organized as a part of “Creating Mass Cyber Security Awareness among schools, colleges and government employees” sponsored by DeitY, MCIT, Govt. of India.

Two technical sessions were presented in the Awareness Programme. The first technical session was presented by Miss. Usham Sanjota Chanu, Project Associate, NIELIT Imphal. She explained about mobile security, Data security, how to secure computer physically, the Internet, Cyber Crime, Cyber Attacks and various do’s and don’ts on the Internet to protect from Cyber Attacks & Cyber Crime. The second technical session was presented by Shri Dinamani Singh, Guest Faculty, NIELIT Imphal. He talked general computer Virus, Software Piracy, tips of Computer Security, etc