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What are your hopes for the cybersecurity landscape in Singapore?

What age did you start hacking? Do you have a favourite type of bug or vulnerability to hack?

them think it’s a cool career path. Hacking today is different from the past where hackers have traditionally been portrayed as bad guys who only seek to destroy computer systems and take down everything who stands in their way. Nowadays, ethical hacking is gaining recognition as a viable career choice that is both niche and desirable.

Are there any hackers that you look up to?

hours) to fully understand the concepts before moving on.

Do you expect bug bounty adoption to increase?

Yes. Bug bounties are getting more and more popular in the cyber security industry and they go hand in hand with penetration testing as a form of defense-indepth solution.

How long (on average) do you spend your time hacking?

with the industry as shown by embracing bug bounties together with the usual compliance/penetration test process. I hope more young students will join our industry and show that Singaporeans can do it too!

Do you think hackerpowered security (aka bug bounty programs) is becoming a widely accepted concept in Singapore?

Your spouse is engaged in an office conference call in another room. Your first grader is trying to figure out why he can’t see his other friends in a class video call and wails out to you, while your toddler has bumped into a tower of bricks and is screaming for your attention. You’ve also just realised you’re out of bread and milk for breakfast. All this while it’s still the first half of the day when you’re likely to have a lot of important incoming messages and email from work, one of which could be your boss asking for an update. What do you do first?

Among all the daily craziness and coping with

the new norm, there have been some positive points to glean from all of this. Here are some from my perspective with my 7-year old son and 3-year old daughter.

1. MORE PRECIOUS MOMENTS TO CHERISH

into that virtual meeting, etc… Perhaps the more you face an issue, the more you come to terms with it?

I’m also short-tempered when my kids don’t listen to instructions or keep repeating mistakes. Now that I’m home, there’s no shortage of these situations all through the day. What I’ve observed is that I’ve grown more tolerant of their antics and try to convey my dismay more calmly instead of snapping back. I’m not exactly sure of the measure of success, but I think I’m trying.

4. GETTING TO KNOW THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM AND HOW TO TEACH MY KIDS

more essential basics that he shouldn’t ignore.

5. SPEEDING UP THE LEARNING CURVE TO WORK WITH COMPUTERS

Kids are exposed to the world of games and entertainment through the UI simplicity of phones and tablets from as young as one-year-old. Computers (or in my daughter’s parlance, “Puter”), are however far different creatures.

You’ve to get them to learn the ways of the mouse and keyboard. And I haven’t yet talked about software. While computers are a necessary part of our lives, HBL has forced kids to adopt all the baggage related to computers at a much younger age.

Now, my toddler is happy to pretend typing on the keyboard, moves the mouse to click around and demands us to draw stuff in Microsoft

Paint, and my son is now quite adept at handling both Paint and Paint 3D to entertain her and himself.

Not bad. Not bad at all.