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}}'''The CIA Conference''' also known as '''CIACON''' is a series of Cyber Security Conference held annually. The first CIA Conference took place in March 2018 at Manav Rachna Campus, Faridabad, [[India]] and today many attendees at CIA Conference include [[computer security]] professionals, law enforcement officers, government employees, security researchers, students, professors, hackers & intelligence officers from international investigation agencies. The event consists of several tracks of speakers about computer- and hacking-related subjects, cyber-security challenges as well as capture the flag events.
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'''The CIA Conference''' also known as '''CIACON''' is a series of Cyber Security Conference held annually. The first CIA Conference took place in March 2018 at Manav Rachna Campus, Faridabad, [[India]].




==History==
==History==
The term CIA defines the CIA triad, a benchmark model in information security designed to govern and evaluate how an organization handles data when it is stored, transmitted, or processed. The CIA Conference (CIACON) is managed & marketed by Intersquad Cyber Intellingence Pvt. Ltd. which was founded in 2017 by Vaibhav Jha. Formally in 2018 it was organised in association with Manav Rachna by the name of National Cyber Security Conference. The chief guest of 2018 edition of the conference was Dr. Gulshan Rai, first national cyber security coordinator of India. The idea of CIA conference came to Vaibhav Jha & Arjun Chaudhary, who were doing their summer internship at '''Gurugram Police Summer Internship''' The two got talking and realised a common passion for bringing the change in the mindset of people regarding Cyber Security & Hacking. Arjun was in second year of his engineering at SRM, Delhi while Vaibhav was in the final year student at Manav Rachna International University, Faridabad.<ref>{{cite web | title = How the Co-Founders of CIA Conference aka CIACON, Vaibhav Jha & Arjun Chaudhary started their journey | publisher=Mid-day | url = https://www.mid-day.com/lifestyle/infotainment/article/mihir-sagar-the-determined-soul-and-a-self-made-man-23177064?infinite-scroll=1 |date=7 June 2021| access-date = 2021-06-09 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Vaibhav Jha recognised for being the youngest Indian trainer in cyber security | publisher = Hindustan Times | url = https://www.hindustantimes.com/brand-post/vaibhav-jha-recognised-for-being-the-youngest-indian-trainer-in-cyber-security-101621425670198.html |date=19 May 2021| access-date = 2021-05-25 }}</ref>
The term CIA defines the CIA triad, a benchmark model in information security designed to govern and evaluate how an organization handles data when it is stored, transmitted, or processed. The CIA Conference (CIACON) is managed & marketed by Intersquad Cyber Intellingence Pvt. Ltd. which was founded in 2017 by Vaibhav Jha. Formally in 2018 it was organised in association with Manav Rachna by the name of National Cyber Security Conference. The chief guest of 2018 edition of the conference was Gulshan Rai, first national cyber security coordinator of India.<ref>{{cite web | title = How the Co-Founders of CIA Conference aka CIACON, Vaibhav Jha & Arjun Chaudhary started their journey | publisher=Mid-day | url = https://www.mid-day.com/lifestyle/infotainment/article/mihir-sagar-the-determined-soul-and-a-self-made-man-23177064?infinite-scroll=1 |date=7 June 2021| access-date = 2021-06-09 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Vaibhav Jha recognised for being the youngest Indian trainer in cyber security | publisher = Hindustan Times | url = https://www.hindustantimes.com/brand-post/vaibhav-jha-recognised-for-being-the-youngest-indian-trainer-in-cyber-security-101621425670198.html |date=19 May 2021| access-date = 2021-05-25 }}</ref>




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==Notable==
==Notable==
The CIA Conference is Asia's first conference to have speaker from US Homeland Security. In the 2020 edition of CIACON Amy Storer, intelligence officer of US Homeland Security took the part in the conference to spread the awareness about digital crime involved in Human Trafficking.<ref>{{cite web | title = CIA Conference - CIACON 2020 | publisher = Industry Events | url = https://www.industryevents.com/events/cia-conference-ciacon-2020 |date=25 November 2020 }}</ref>
The CIA Conference is Asia's first conference to have speaker from US Homeland Security. In the 2020 edition of CIACON Amy Storer, intelligence officer of US Homeland Security took the part in the conference to spread the awareness about digital crime involved in Human Trafficking.<ref>{{cite web | title = CIA Conference - CIACON 2020 | publisher = Industry Events | url = https://www.industryevents.com/events/cia-conference-ciacon-2020 |date=25 November 2020 }}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [https://www.ciaconference.com/ Official website]
* [https://www.ciaconference.com/ Official website]


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Revision as of 00:08, 3 July 2021

CIA Conference
StatusActive
GenreSecurity Conference, Hacker Conference
FrequencyAnnual
Venuevaries
Years active7
Inaugurated2017
FounderVaibhav Jha & Arjun Chaudhary[1][2]
Previous eventDecember 3–6, 2020
ParticipantsIT Security Professionals
Websitewww.ciaconference.com

The CIA Conference also known as CIACON is a series of Cyber Security Conference held annually. The first CIA Conference took place in March 2018 at Manav Rachna Campus, Faridabad, India.


History

The term CIA defines the CIA triad, a benchmark model in information security designed to govern and evaluate how an organization handles data when it is stored, transmitted, or processed. The CIA Conference (CIACON) is managed & marketed by Intersquad Cyber Intellingence Pvt. Ltd. which was founded in 2017 by Vaibhav Jha. Formally in 2018 it was organised in association with Manav Rachna by the name of National Cyber Security Conference. The chief guest of 2018 edition of the conference was Gulshan Rai, first national cyber security coordinator of India.[3][4]


Events

Trainings

Pre-Conference trainings are dedicated training sessions on various sub domains of information security and related topics. Historical workshops have been held on topics such as Practical Mobile App Attacks, Digital Forensics, Buffer Overflow, IOT Security.

Villages

Villages are a dedicated space where various domain specific security groups present their own series of events, which could be a sort of challenge, talks or any live hacking demonstrations. In the 2020 edition of CIACON, for the first time IOT Village presented their interactive hacking labs in India. Over the years IoT Village has served as a platform to showcase and uncover hundreds of new vulnerabilities, giving attendees the opportunity to learn about the most innovative techniques to both hack and secure IoT. IoT Village is organised by security consulting and research firm, Independent Security Evaluators (ISE), and the non-profit organization, Village Idiot Labs (VIL).

CIACON CTF

They came into the limelight after their concept of Gaming CTF Platform. CIA Conference launched Asia’s first Platform based on Unity 3D. It enables the CTF teams to play the game in real time and solve the integrated challenges. This Game Based CTF became the most unique CTF platform and was loved by many CTF players all across the globe. Traditionally CTF is being held on the web application, but CIA Conference launched the most unique concept of Computer Simulated CTF.[5]


Venues, dates, and attendance

Each conference venue and date has been extracted from the CIACON archives for easy reference.[6]

CIACON Venue Country Days Year Attendance
CIACON 2022 TBA TBA TBA 2022 TBA
CIACON 2020 Virtual event Virtual December 3-6 2020 3000
CIACON 2018 (NCSC-2k18) Manav Rachna Campus, Faridabad, Haryana India March 7-9 2018 500

Notable

The CIA Conference is Asia's first conference to have speaker from US Homeland Security. In the 2020 edition of CIACON Amy Storer, intelligence officer of US Homeland Security took the part in the conference to spread the awareness about digital crime involved in Human Trafficking.[7]

References

  1. "Meet Vaibhav Jha & Arjun Chaudhary, Co-Founders of World's Premium Cyber Security Conference the CIA Conference (CIACON)". Yahoo Finance. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  2. "Cyber Security Expert & Co-Founder of CIA Conference (CIACON): Vaibhav Jha, honored with Budding Researcher Award by IEEE in an International Conference at DUBAI". NewsX. 15 June 2021.
  3. "How the Co-Founders of CIA Conference aka CIACON, Vaibhav Jha & Arjun Chaudhary started their journey". Mid-day. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  4. "Vaibhav Jha recognised for being the youngest Indian trainer in cyber security". Hindustan Times. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  5. "Asia's Most Popular Cybersecurity & Hacking Events". outlook. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  6. "CIA Conference (CIACON) – Show Archives". www.ciaconference.com. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  7. "CIA Conference - CIACON 2020". Industry Events. 25 November 2020.

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