HITBSecConf2009 Malaysia to Debate Public Security

Tracks and keynote speakers will, for the first time, scrutinize the technology behindpublic services.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – June 11, 2009 – HITBSecConf, a premier international securityconference is, once again, coming to Asia to host the 7th, annual instalment of HITBSecConfevent in Malaysia, from October 5‐8, 2009.

This year’s convention will yet again bring together some of the most respected mainstreamand underground network security experts to dissect not only the latest attack and defencemethods for corporate networks, but, for the first time, those relevant to public security aswell. “As governments around the world try to make the interaction between their agencies andpeople easier and more‐efficient through a number of public services brought online daily,there is an ever‐increasing need to critically examine the security of these new services”,said Dhillon Andrew Kannabhiran, Founder and CEO of Hack In The Box (M) Sdn. Bhd, thecompany which organises the HITBSecConf series.

“The very technology that is making our lives easier is also exposing us to various risks –from the threat of identity theft to leakage of confidential information. It is thereforeimperative to carefully scrutinize the technological foundations for public services and sharethe findings not only with the organizations that develop them but with the Governmentsthat deploy them and the people who use them”, he added.

This year’s conference will feature four hardcore technical training sessions on the first twodays and triple track presentations, hacking competitions and other complementingactivities on the third and forth days.

Technical Training Sessions
On the 5th & 6th of October, network security decision makers and managers will be able tosink their teeth in hardcore technical trainings dealing with:

‐ Web Application (in)Security
‐ The Art of Network Based Forensics
‐ Going Beyond Packet Data and,
‐ The Exploit Laboratory 4.0.

In addition, the government and law enforcement representatives are invited to a closeddoor training session delving into the Security of ASEAN Locks.

Triple Track Conference

Delegates interested in the conference proceedings taking place on the 7th and 8th will beable to hear from the renowned keynote speakers including:

1. Joe Grand aka Kingpin (President, Grand Idea Studio)
2. Rop Gonggrijp (Hacker and Activist)
3. Ed Skoudis (Co‐Founder, InGuardians)
4. The Founders of WikiLeaks (WikiLeaks.org)

On the topic of public services security, of particular interest will be Rop Gonggrijp’spresentation on insecurities within electronic voting systems.

Rop was believed to be a major security threat by authorities in The Netherlands and theUSA, following his founding of the organization “Wij vertrouwen stemcomputers niet” (”Wedo not trust voting computers”) that campaigned against the use of electronic votingsystems without a Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail. In 2006, the group demonstrated onDutch television how an electronic voting machine could easily be hacked and in May 2008,the Dutch government decided that elections in the Netherlands would be held using paperballots and red pencil only. A proposal to develop a new generation of electronic votingcomputers was rejected.

The highlight keynote on the final day of the event will be delivered by Wikileaks, a websitededicated to the publication of anonymous submissions of sensitive governmental andcorporate documents, while attempting to preserve the anonymity and preventingtraceability of its contributors. For its work, Wikileaks recently received the AmnestyInternational Award for New Media.