Conference to spotlight hacker threats

In today’s fast moving world, security threats to a company’s IT network are rampant and rapidly evolving to become more menacing.

To drive home these threats and the vulnerabilities of company IT infrastructures, computer security certification company EC Council has organised its Hacker Halted Asia Pacific conference, which includes workshop sessions.

The event, organised in conjunction with Kolej Yayasan Melaka (KYM), will take place in Kuala Lumpur in November.

Hacker Halted is being billed as a “vendor neutral” event that will feature industry executives, technical specialists, IT managers and other experts who have agreed to share their knowledge and expertise in this area.

The list of speakers includes director of solutions architecture at WhiteHat Security, Trey Ford; president and CEO of Information Security Forum, Howard Schmidt; and former US National Security Agency codebreaker Jeff Bardin.

There will also be a workshop for a more hands-on approach to security, which will involve a practical guide through the security process and attendees should bring their own laptops.

Workshop presenters include personalities such as Tom Bowers, who is the technical editor for information security magazine TechTarget.

The Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry is backing the conference. It will be held from Nov 10-13 at the Nikko Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.

There is an attendance fee of RM1,399 for the conference and RM2,600 for the workshop. Those who wish to attend both will only have to pay RM3,400 each.

EC Council is also offering an early-bird discount of 15% for those who register and pay before July 31.