Vian Smit

I am a well-balanced individual with plenty of positive qualities, such as good organizational skills and highly effective time management skills. Moreover, I am confident in a professional manner, coupled with very strong inter-personal skills and communication skills. At all times, I am dependable, reliable, hardworking, honest and conscientious.

My critical and analytical skills help me to solve problems and identify the best solutions. I am a confident speaker who can present information and academic material through a variety of media in a creative, fluent, and original manner.

I am a passionate and hardworking individual who always gives my best at everything. I am highly enthusiastic about everything that I do. I am a well-balanced person with an abundance of positive qualities, such as good organizational skills and highly effective time management skills.

Furthermore, I am a leader by nature and have been in various leadership roles over the past four years including first year’s committee, seniors year committee, house committee and vice-primarius of my private student organization. I can work effectively as an individual or as part of a team making use of negotiation, collaboration, mutual inclusivity, integrative solutions, and effective problem-solving skills. I am a confident speaker who has the ability to present information and academic material through a variety of media in a creative, fluent, thorough, and original manner.

In 2022 myself and my fellow students produced a research article on the topic of cybersecurity. We tested the fault tolerance levels of an RFID chip in an anti-poaching environment. Our paper was published on Google Scholar and featured at the 18th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (ICCWS)

I am currently working towards finishing my MA (Socio-informatics) degree at end of 2023. The program entails a full-on thesis and my paper focusses on the biggest problem that the cybersecurity industry faces: the human factor. More security breaches happen because of human error than of technological failure.

My paper therefor investigates which personality types are more susceptible towards social engineering attacks that target humans. At the end of my research, I will be able to state which personality type(s) have a higher cybersecurity risk and which ones have a lower cybersecurity risk level associated with them. My research can be used in companies to determine which employees poses a greater cybersecurity risk for the company and which ones don’t.

Companies will therefore be able to ensign greater security procedures towards higher risk employees.