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CIA Conference
| CIA Conference | |
|---|---|
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| Status | Active |
| Genre | Security Conference, Hacker Conference |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Venue | varies |
| Years active | 7 |
| Inaugurated | 2017 |
| Founder | Vaibhav Jha & Arjun Chaudhary[1][2] |
| Previous event | December 3–6, 2020 |
| Participants | IT Security Professionals |
| Website | www.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[edit]
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 Intelligence 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 the National Cyber Security Conference. The chief guest of 2018 edition of the conference was Gulshan Rai, first national cybersecurity coordinator of India.[3][4]
Events[edit]
Trainings[edit]
Pre-Conference trainings are dedicated training sessions on various subdomains 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[edit]
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 a security consulting and research firm, Independent Security Evaluators (ISE), and the non-profit organization, Village Idiot Labs (VIL).
CIACON CTF[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
The CIA Conference is Asia's first conference to have a 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[edit]
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Vaibhav Jha recognised for being the youngest Indian trainer in cybersecurity". Hindustan Times. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ↑ "Asia's Most Popular Cybersecurity & Hacking Events". outlook. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
- ↑ "CIA Conference (CIACON) – Show Archives". www.ciaconference.com. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
- ↑ "CIA Conference - CIACON 2020". Industry Events. 25 November 2020.