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CSA HKM Supports HKIB Cybersecurity Solutions Day 2024

The Cloud Security Alliance Hong Kong & Macau Chapter is a proud supporter of the HKIB Cybersecurity Solutions Day 2024, which will be held at HKCEC on Friday, March 15, 2024.

With the theme “Ensuring Vigilance: AI-Powered Cybersecurity for a Changing Landscape”, the event presents a unique opportunity to explore how AI-driven strategies revolutionise our approach to cyber threats, from AI-enhanced phishing detection to preemptive identification of novel vulnerabilities.

Experts will share insights on leveraging AI to improve operational resilience and drive effective cybersecurity measures. Special emphasis will be placed on empowering CISOs and security experts with cutting-edge AI tools and technologies. The exhibition area, supported by world-leading cybersecurity vendors, will showcase the latest innovative AI-driven cybersecurity solutions and best practices.

DATE: March 15, 2024 (Friday)
TIME: 9:00 am – 4:40 pm
VENUE: N101, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center, Wanchai
DETAILS: https://hkibcyber.hkib.org/hkibcyber2024/index.html

CSA HKM Supports the Digital Economy Summit 2024

The Cloud Security Alliance Hong Kong & Macau Chapter is a proud supporter of the Digital Economy Summit 2024.

Jointly organised by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and Cyberport, the event comes with a theme of Smarter Technovation for All: Forging a Sustainable Future.

It will be held on April 12 – 13 and will delve into the transformative power of smart cities, exploring how cutting-edge technologies and innovative applications are reshaping the urban landscape and modern digital economy through the lenses of sustainability, connectivity, and resilience. Through discussing the future disruption of various smart city pillars around the world, the event serves as a platform for thought leaders, industry experts, and policymakers to collaborate, share insights, and co-create a future where cities thrive as dynamic, livable, and forward-thinking hubs of innovation.

DATE: April 12-13, 2024 (Friday and Saturday)
VENUE: Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre & Online
DETAILS: https://www.digitaleconomysummit.hk/en/index

CSA HKM Knowledge Sharing Event – February 2024

CSA Knowledge Sharing Event provides an excellent opportunity for cybersecurity professionals to discuss the latest trends and developments in IT and in the process build a close-knitted cybersecurity community in Hong Kong and Macau.

This month we have invited Mr Louis Cheung, Senior Regional Systems Engineer from Illumio, to deliver a talk on “Extend the Zero Trust Segmentation to the Cloud environment”.

Modern organizations rely on the cloud to run their critical systems and store their most valuable data. Despite this, it’s evident that today’s cloud security solutions are continuing to fail when it comes to safeguarding companies against breaches.  This session will covers key findings from the Cloud Security Index 2023 and the issues plaguing cloud deployments today.

Please do not miss this opportunity to learn from the expert and connect with your peers. Participants may claim 1.5 CPE.

DETAILS:

DATE: February 7, 2024 (Wednesday)

TIME: 12:30 – 1:30 pm

FORMAT: Webinar
TOPIC: Extend the Zero Trust Segmentation to the Cloud environment
LANGUAGE: Cantonese
SPEAKER: Louis Cheung, Sr. Regional Systems Engineer, Illumio

VIEW THE PRESENTATION: https://youtu.be/ucY27sn2VkM

THE SPEAKER:

Louis Cheung has over 20 years’ experience in security industry helping enterprise customer in consultation, solution design and security best practice across Asia Pacific. He helps prospects and customers understand micro-segmentation in all its forms and how Illumio solve problems for organizations across different industries.

Louis Cheung is specializebd in multiple security domains across Zero Trust Architecture, Micro-Segmentation, Intrusion Prevention, Public Cloud Application and Workload protection, Data Protection, Advanced Threat Prevention & Next Generation Firewall Technologies.

Before joining Illumio, Louis served regional and global enterprise customers across the globe by working with world-leading IT security firms including McAfee & Check Point. Louis Cheung also hold the following security industry certifications: Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA).

Cyber Security Professional Awards (CSPA) 2023


The Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau of Hong Kong Police Force, the Government Computer Emergency Response Team Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre are going to co-organise the Cyber Security Professional Awards (CSPA) 2023. 

The CSPA 2023 aims to foster collaboration and exchange of cyber security expertise and best practices among various prominent sectors in Hong Kong.  This unique platform allows cyber security personnel to showcase their achievement, while also recognising their remarkable contributions to the field.

This year, the CSPA 2023 extends its invitation to all personnel working in organisation belonging to the designated sectors listed below in Hong Kong:

1. Internet & Cloud Services
2. Telecommunication Services
3. Government Departments & Public Bodies
4. Transportation & Public Utilities
5. Banking & Finance
6. Cyber Security Audit & Consulting
7. Cyber Security Education & Training
8. Cyber Security Startups & SMEs

The judging panel, hailing from diverse prominent sectors, will evaluate and select the best participants for the gold, silver, bronze and merit awards for each of the eight designated sectors. 

For further details of the CSPA 2023, please visit https://cyberdefender.hk/en-us/cspa2023/.  Should you have any queries, please feel free to contact 3660 4367 or email to cspa@police.gov.hk.

CSA HKM Supports the Cybersecurity Symposium 2023

The Cybersecurity Symposium 2023 aims to unite quangos, enterprises and other local organisations in Hong Kong to address the cybersecurity challenge in the digital era and explore how the industry can collaborate to enhance the overall cybersecurity resilience of Hong Kong. The symposium features keynote presentations, panel discussions, solution showcases, and a networking reception, presenting opportunities for participants to network with peers and exchange insights on strategies for mitigating cyber threats.

Cloud Security Alliance Hong Kong & Macau Chapter is a proud supporter of the event.

DATE: December 14, 2023, Thursday
TIME: 2:30 – 7:00 pm
VENUE: Convention Hall, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
LANGUAGE: Cantonese and Putonghua
DETAILS: https://www.cybersechub.hk/en/eventDetail/cybersecurity-symposium-2023
REGISTRATION: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=cotCu30YH0CsJCiWwGVGR7kFoIkWelVKthyaiJE1VBxURFlXRDM2MlBWUENIWTNYNU5PT0xKR0QzNiQlQCN0PWcu

CSA HKM Knowledge Sharing Event – December 2023


In the last CSA HKM Knowledge Sharing Event of the year, our expert speaker will share his experience on how to infiltrate US DoD.

During the Covid-19 pandemic meant that most of us were confined indoors. During the lockdown period, our speaker Sheikh Rizan had a brief stint with Bug Bounties. He started hacking for hackerone, bugcrowd and yeswehack. One of his targets was the US Department of Defense public Cloud hosted servers & NASA VPNs.

In the session he will tell his story of how he found several critical vulnerabilities that allowed him to exfiltrate PII (personal identifiable information) data belonging to new army recruits, reset accounts belonging to US Military personnels. All his findings were responsibly disclosed via their respective BBP and VDP programmes back in 2020. The reports had been made public at his hackerone profile.

Participants will claim 1 CPE.

DATE: December 15, 2023 (Friday)
TIME: 12:30 – 01:30 pm
FORMAT: Webinar
TOPIC: Infiltrating US DoD – The Journey & Experience
LANGUAGE: English
SPEAKER: Sheikh Rizan, Security Researcher

THE SPEAKER:
Rizan is a passionate Cybersecurity professional with more than 20 years of experience. He holds several industry relevant certifications including CISSP, CISA, OSCP, OSCE & OSWE. He had published 9 public CVEs and had reported security bugs to various Bug Bounty and VDP programmes. Rizan was also part of a Cyber security surveillance group supporting law enforcement agencies globally in lawful interception. He is currently leading a group of talented security testers for consulting firm based out of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He is also a certified Trainer and had presented technical talks at several Cyber Security conferences in the region.

VIEW THE PRESENTATION: https://youtu.be/CeQXGBget2o

CSA HKM Supports the ICT Conference 2023

The Cloud Security Alliance Hong Kong & Macau Chapter is pleased to support the ICT Conference 2023, with a theme of “Embrace AI for your Digital Life”.

In order to converge the emerging technologies and create platforms integrating these edge technologies for ICT professionals, ICT conference provides a forum for the government officials, key industry professionals, and university researchers to share on the government policy, the opportunities and threats in the ICT era, as well as the latest development and applications which will help Hong Kong be constructed as a competitive smart city.

Event: ICT Conference 2023
Date: November 3, 2023  (Friday)
Time: 09:45 to 17:00
Venue: Louis Koo Cinema @ The Hong Kong Arts Centre (located at 2 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, HK)
Platform: Physical
Website: https://ictconference.hk/

CSA HKM Supports Hong Kong Cyber Security New Generation Capture the Flag Challenge 2023

The Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre (HKCERT) and the Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) will jointly organise the “Hong Kong Cyber Security New Generation Capture the Flag (CTF) Challenge 2023” (The Contest) to strengthen the cyber security skills and awareness of the industry and students and encourage problem solving through teamwork, creative thinking and cyber security skills.

The Cloud Security Alliance Hong Kong & Macau Chapter is a proud supporter of the event.

The Award Presentation Ceremony will be held on December 19, 2023. Apart from presenting the awards to the winners, cyber security experts will also be on hand to share their views on cyber security and how to leverage vulnerability management solutions to improve security and security risk management. Besides, there will be two panel discussions on attack and defense techniques.​

Date:19 December 2023 (Tuesday)
Time:AM Session: 09:15 – 12:35 (Registration will start at 09:00)
PM Session: 14:30 – 17:00 (Registration will start at 14:00)
Venue:Conference Hall, 4/F, HKPC Building, 78 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon
Audience:General Public, Education Sectors and SMEs
Language:Cantonese
Fee:Free (Pre-registration is required)
Event Link:https://www.hkcert.org/event_en_20231219
Online Registration:https://alt.jotfor.ms/hkcert/capture-the-flag-2023-seminar231219

CSA HKM Supports the Hong Kong International Computer Conference 2023

The Hong Kong International Computer Conference (HKICC) is an annual flagship event organised by the Hong Kong Computer Society (HKCS) since 1978 and is one of the best and most popular ICT conferences in Hong Kong. It brings together ICT professionals and experts, government leaders and business executives from local and abroad to share and discuss the latest trends of ICT innovations and developments in enhancing business opportunities and productivity.

Cloud Security Alliance Hong Kong & Macau Chapter is pleases to support the event again this year.

Date:                     27.9.2023 (Wednesday) & 28.9.2023 (Thursday)
Time:                    9:30am – 5:40pm
Format:               Physical Conference
Venue:                 Room S421, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre
Website:             https://hkicc.hkcs.org.hk/
Registration:    https://www.eventbrite.hk/e/hong-kong-international-computer-conference-2023-tickets-695765843367?aff=oddtdtcreator

CSA HKM Supports “Protect Your Online Identity” Seminar & Speech Contest Award

The Office of the Government Chief Information Officer, the Hong Kong Police Force and the Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre has jointly hosted the Speech Contest to remind the general public to safeguard their digital identities when using the Internet, and to protect personal and sensitive information to prevent exploitation by fraudsters.   Cloud Security Alliance Hong Kong & Macau Chapter is a supporting organisation of the activity.

The award presentation ceremony will be held on 22 September 2023. Apart from presenting the awards to the winners, cyber security experts will give useful tips and advice on the protection of digital identities in order to mitigate the damage caused by identity theft.

DATE:22 September 2023 (Friday) 
TIME:AM Session: 09:30 – 12:15 (Registration will start at 09:00) PM Session: 14:30 – 17:00 (Registration will start at 14:00)
VENUE:Quarry Bay Community Hall (G/F Quarry Bay Community Complex, 1 Greig Road, Hong Kong)
AUDIENCE:Members of the public, including SME staff, IT professionals, Teachers and Students
LANGUAGE:Cantonese
FEE:Free (Pre-registration is required)
REGISTRATION:https://www.hkcert.org/event_en_20230922