RANCHI: The Cyber Defence Research Centre (CDRC), a unit of cyber crime wing of Jharkhand police, will participate in International Information Security Conference in Thiruvananthapuram scheduled for August 3 and 4. Chief technology officer of the centre Vinnet Kumar will address the conference on cyber security with special reference to policing and ethical hacking.
The annual programme named c0c0n, previously known as Cyber Safe, is organized to mark International Information Security Day. The two-day event, being organized by Kerala police, the department of information technology of the Kerala government, and Information Security Research Association (ISRA), a non-profitable organization, will discuss issues like innovations in cyber security, digitization for better service delivery, digitization as a force multiplier, cyber safe government, tackling latest cyber crimes and ethical hacking.
Kumar said the event was important for the law enforcers because they would come to know about the emerging challenges and ways to handle them. "There is no denial of the fact that cyber technology poses new challenges with every passing day and with emerging techniques of hacking, cloning and compromising classified information, the police department in different states need to upgrade their skills and infrastructure as well," he said
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During the conference, various technical, non-technical, legal and community events will be organized. The kind and aspects of digital security incidents and cyber-crimes are discussed and expert guidance is sought to tackle them.
While Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy will inaugurate the conference, parliamentarian Shashi Tharoor will present keynote address. Speakers like cyber security advisor from London Frederick Wamala, regional information assurance manager Mathew W Stephen, director Cyber Centre for Excellence London Edward P Gibson and others will participate in the conference.
Kumar said c0c0n aimed at providing a platform to discuss, showcase, educate, understand and spread awareness on the latest trends in information, cyber and hi-tech crimes. "It also aims to provide a hand-shaking platform for various corporate, government organizations including the various investigation agencies, academia, research organizations and other industry leaders and players for better coordination in making the cyber world a better and safe place to be," he said.
Source-TOI
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