The Department of Information Technology organized a workshop on “Digital Defenders” – Strengthening Security Awareness on the 22nd of March 2024. The workshop was inaugurated at 10.00 a.m. in the IT Smart Class Room. Ms. Leena S. Watson welcomed the gathering. Prof. A.R. Subramonia Iyer delivered the inaugural address. Mr. A. Rasic, Cyber Security Engineer from Digital University, KSAAC, Technopark, Trivandrum, and his team members Ms. Shruthi Krishna G, Research Associate, and Ms. S. Gopika, Project Associate were the resource persons. Ms. Shruthi Krishna G handled the first session. Around 60 students of the Department of Information Technology participated in the workshop. The students were given awareness on virtualization, Kali Linux, Security Web Auditing, Security Infrastructure auditing, and Cyber Security job domains. The students were also given a demo on virtualization in the Artificial Intelligence lab. Dr. Y. Jeyasheela delivered the vote of thanks.