‘Hackers Are Here, Where Are You?'

Kuala Lumpur, 11 May, 2012 - The School of Information Technology, Faculty of Business & Information Science, UCSI University recently organized a seminar on ‘Hackers Are Here, Where Are You?' conducted by The International Council of Electronic Commerce Consultants (EC-Council). The seminar was open to all UCSI University students.

The EC-Council is a leading provider of IT Security certification and is a member driven international organization of academicians, industry practitioners and professionals from the e-Business domain.

The main aim of the seminar was to bridge the gap between industry and academia by having EC-Council academy to present to the students on the techniques used by hackers and the counter measures taken by organizations against these hackers. This is in line with the School of IT's mission, to "provide industry-relevant courses and to produce industry-ready graduate" as well as to drive the students to think ‘out-of-the-box'.

Besides highlighting the new tools, techniques and methodologies for hacking, the seminar also addressed the importance to help organizations to take preemptive measures against malicious ‘cyber attacks'. This can be done by counter attacking the malicious threat itself in the system within the legal boundaries.

At the end of the seminar, 5 lucky winners walked away with training vouchers worth RM350 each and another 5 winners received t-shirts, courtesy from EC-Council. The students gave their thumbs-up on the seminar as the information that they received would not be available within their scope of study within the classroom. The students also voiced their eagerness to attend such seminars in future as it gives a better insight on what the industry is.


SOURCE / AUTHOR : UCSI Official Website