SRM Institute of Science and Technology: world’s largest ethical hacking event at SRM University

World’s largest ethical hacking event at SRM University

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InfySEC’s E-Hack was a phenomenal workshop aimed at
educating people on hacking and cyber threats.<o:p></o:p> 
InfySEC, which specialises in training and consulting on
information security, hosted E-Hack, the world’s largest ethical hacking event
at SRM University.<o:p></o:p> 
Vinod Senthil, director and chief technical officer at
InfySEC, commented on why events like these are important. <o:p></o:p> 
“If there is going to be a World War III ever, it is likely
to be about computers, data and networks. It is our responsibility to let the
end-users know about day-to-day attacks and suggest ways to protect against
cyber threats. The best way to do this with the highest impact is to conduct a
pan Indian workshop such as E-Hack,” he says. <o:p></o:p> 
Packed with almost 9,000 people, there was barely enough
space for the organisers to sneak past the tight security. <o:p></o:p> 
Apart from those who travelled from places like Shimla and
Uttar Pradesh, nearly two lakh viewers saw the event through the live webcast.
InfySEC conducted E-Hack x10ded in other locations around the world, including
the Rotary Club of Mysore and the University of California, Berkeley. <o:p></o:p> 
By roping in eminent speakers to address the audience
(Karthikeyan Murugesan, founder of Zazvik Solutions; Santhosh Srinivasan,
director of Symantec; Patrick Martinent, a Google developer expert, among
others), conducting workshops, and offering attractive prizes for various contests,
the Chennai-based ethical hacking company ensured that its participants got the
most out of this experience.<o:p></o:p> 
Though the event itself was aimed at “educating and taking a
less known field to the masses,” the event got its fair share of recognition.
E-Hack left its mark in the Asia Book of Records, the Indian Book of Records as
well as the Tamil Nadu Book of Records. “This shows that we are moving in the
right path in our efforts to educate the end users,” says Vinod.<o:p></o:p> 
Organising something on the scale of E-Hack could not have
come without its own set of hurdles. “Our biggest problem was finding a venue.
For an auditorium, we were talking in numbers that are multiples of 10,000,”
says Vinod. <o:p></o:p> 
“We also faced issues online with regard to the bandwidth,
network usage and computer process usage despite using prominent cloud
providers for our vulnerable applications.”<o:p></o:p> 
With an event of this size and innovation, it is difficult
to pinpoint a USP. While the organising team hopes that it is the learning that
participants took away at the end of the day, the contestants differ.<o:p></o:p> 
“I have been to a few hackathons before but they had only
between 50 and 100 people. It is a completely enriching feeling to be
surrounded by other geeks who are thinking about technology as much as you,”
says Gopi Haran, a participant. InfySEC’s E-Hack managed to draw crowds from
all around the world and unite them for a single objective — to be inquisitive
about securing ourselves and to empower ourselves against potential cyber vulnerability.</div>

World’s largest ethical hacking event at SRM University

InfySEC’s E-Hack was a phenomenal workshop aimed at educating people on hacking and cyber threats. InfySEC, which specialises in trainin...