Magda Lilia Chelly Explained

Magda Lilia Chelly
Honorific Prefix:Dr
Native Name:Magda Chelly
Birth Name:Magda Lilia Chelly
Birth Place:Poland
Nationality:Polish, Tunisian
Education:Ph.D.
Occupation:Cybersecurity Professional
Cybersecurity Expert, and Public Speaker
Awards:The IFSEC Global influencers in security and fire 2021
Website:https://magda-on-cyber.com

Magda Lilia Chelly (born 1983) is a Polish-Tunisian cybersecurity expert and is amongst the first Tunisian women to be on the advisory board of BlackHat Asia Executive Committee.[1] Born in Krakow, Poland, and educated in Tunisia and France, Chelly worked as an IT consultant, university lecturer, business leader, and cybersecurity professional.[2]

In 2016, Chelly established her own cybersecurity start-up out of Singapore, Asia. She is the founding member of Women on Cyber, a non-profit diversity group. Chelly has a long history of involvement in diversity and inclusion activism as she launched the first Catch The Flag competition for girls in Singapore with the support of Cyber Security Agency of Singapore.[3] [4] [5]  

Early life

Chelly was born in Krakow, a town in south Poland, in 1983. Following her father's advice on the importance of getting an engineering degree, Chelly completed a Degree and a Master in Telecommunication Engineering before moving to France. There, Chelly completed her PhD in the same field at Telecom SudParis, Évry, France.[6] [7] [8]

Career

Chelly worked with several organizations as cybersecurity advisor.[9] [10]

Research

Chelly's research career started with working on Indoor Positioning within Telecom SudParis. She later on expanded her research in cybersecurity. Amongst her scientific papers are:

She was one of the reviewers for Annals of telecommunications - annales des télécommunications volume 65, pages 129–131, by the publisher Springer in 2009.[14]

Books

Chelly is the co-author, with Hai Tran and Shamane Tan, of one book on computer security and is an author of a science fiction book:

Media

Chelly was featured as a cybersecurity expert in The Dark Web Documentary on Channel News Asia.[19] [20]

Filmography

Chelly appeared in Love Me, Original title: Aime-moi (2009); a short movie with Armelle Deutsch: Toute la mort devant soi (2009), Love Me (2009), Utopium: Song for an Artist (2008).[21]

Awards and recognition

Chelly received various awards, across her career, including the below:

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Black Hat Executive Summit .
  2. News: Magda Chelly. Obywatelka świata na straży cyberprzestrzeni . .
  3. Web site: Cybersecurity competition for females in Singapore, CTF creates opportunity and diversity . 18 July 2019.
  4. Web site: A 15-Year-Old Singaporean Girl Wins the Catch-The-Flag for Girls Competition In Singapore . November 2021.
  5. Web site: First Capture The Flag Competition For Girls In Singapore Reinforces Diversity In Cybersecurity . 26 July 2019.
  6. Web site: Propagation d'une position dans les réseaux connectés / par Chelly Magda Lilia, 07/07/2011 .
  7. Propagation of a position in a connected network . 7 July 2011. Institut National des Télécommunications. phdthesis. Chelly. Magda Lilia.
  8. Web site: Magda Chelly (docteur TSP 2011), nominée aux Women in IT Awards .
  9. Web site: 7 hot cybersecurity trends (and 2 going cold) . 11 January 2022.
  10. Web site: The future of women in cybersecurity .
  11. Web site: New techniques for indoor positioning, combining deterministic and estimation methods .
  12. Web site: International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation .
  13. Book: Social Media and the impact on education: Social media and home education . 10.1109/ICeLeTE.2012.6333388. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6333388. 2012 International Conference on E-Learning and E-Technologies in Education (ICEEE). 2012. Chelly. Magda. Mataillet. Hana. 236–239. 978-1-4673-1678-1. 7296552.
  14. 2009 reviewers list . Annals of Telecommunications - Annales des Télécommunications. 2010. 65. 1–2. 129–131. 10.1007/s12243-009-0157-3. 186225247.
  15. Book: Chelly, Magda . Building a Cyber Resilient Business . . 2022 . 9781803246482.
  16. Web site: Building a Cyber Resilient Business .
  17. Web site: Book by Magda Lilia Chelly .
  18. Book: Light, Shadow, and Cyber: Vera's Cyber Adventures . Magda Lilia Chelly.
  19. Web site: The Dark Web . IMDb.
  20. Web site: Dr Magda Chelly discusses The Dark Web with Channel News Asia .
  21. Web site: IMDb Profile . IMDb.
  22. Web site: Revealed: The IFSEC Global influencers in security and fire 2021 . 21 July 2021.