Magda Lilia Chelly

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Magda Lilia Chelly
Magda Chelly
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Magda Lilia Chelly

Poland
NationalityPolish, Tunisian
EducationPh.D.
OccupationCybersecurity Professional
TitleCybersecurity Expert, and Public Speaker
AwardsThe 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]

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In 2016, Chelly established her own cybersecurity start-up out of Singapore, Asia. [2] 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. [2] [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:

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  3. "Cybersecurity competition for females in Singapore, CTF creates opportunity and diversity". 18 July 2019.
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  5. "First Capture The Flag Competition For Girls In Singapore Reinforces Diversity In Cybersecurity". 26 July 2019.
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