Setting up and Managing an IT Environment in China
In the past six and half years, I’ve had the privilege to serve in various IT roles in a company with an office in China. Through roles as a Network and Server Administrator, IT Service Manager, and a Cybersecurity Manager, I’ve gained unique insights into the dynamics of operating an IT environment in China and while many Finnish companies operate in China and it is common wisdom that the operating environment in the country is very different from Finland, I personally have not met many other IT people with insights and experience working with Chinese colleagues or building, maintaining and improving an IT environment as a part of a Finnish or other European company there. Therefore, I decided to write this blog post to share my insights on what to consider from Finnish IT professional’s point of view.
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Cybersecurity, ChatGPT, and Learning Chinese - An Interview
I spent March in 2023 in Taipei learning Mandarin Chinese and while there I was interviewed for the LTL school podcast. See the the video for a discussion I had with Rushi from LTL Language School about everyday cybersecurity, ChatGPT, and my experiences learning Mandarin Chinese!
Before the interview I thought a lot about what I wanted to say about language learning and I wasn’t expecting questions about cybersecurity, so in addition to botnets preying on our WiFi routers and the big tech companies collecting and selling our personal information, I didn’t realize to bring up probably the scariest reason for worrying about our personal information and taking good care of our cyber hygiene: identity theft.
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Review of Studying Chinese in Taipei for a Month
I spent four weeks in Taipei in March to brush up on my Chinese. I had been studying it for about four years before my visit, and had been taking weekly free-talk lessons with online tutors for at least two years. However, the issues I hoped to address with this trip were my habit of reverting to English when I couldn’t find a way to express myself in Chinese, and my desire to become more comfortable speaking Mandarin, thus improving my fluency.
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The Maritime Industry's Response to Growing Threats Presentation
I was invited to give a presentation in TurkuSec on the new IMO and IACS requirements on cybersecurity for new ship builds. In this video I explain the significance of the IMO/IACS requirements, how Classification Societies create cybersecurity rules for the industry. Also see my other article on the subject and the TurkuSec website for more events.
Charting a Course to Cybersecurity: The Maritime Industry's Response to Growing Threats
Over the last year I have participated in quite many discussions about cyber security in maritime industry. There is a trend of growing number of cyber attacks in the industry, which have caused lots of disruptions and financial losses for companies and organizations. The shipping industry is also particularly vulnerable to these threats due to the long service lives of onboard systems, growing use of cloud-based solutions by equipment manufacturers and shipowners both in new constructions and also as additions to in-service vessels to enable remote maintenance and collection of data. Continue reading