Hack in the Box (HITB), one of the leaders in delivering cutting-edge technical talks and trainings in computer security will be conducting its 5th annual GSEC security conference in Singapore. HITB’s GSEC security conference takes place at the InterContinental from August 26th to August 30th. The conference will feature a wide range of hacking games, exhibits and challenges, a unique audience-voted line up of talks and the famous HITB Capture the Flag (CTF) competition.

Commenting on the conference, Dhillon Kannabhiran, Founder, HITB, says, “Our objective has always been to raise global awareness about the risks and importance of security in the digital age and to nurture the next generation of talent. The annual HITB Security Conference in Amsterdam and our GSEC event in Singapore are established as pioneering events and we have laid out an even bigger program for the HITB+CyberWeek. This six-day event will have 100+ activities including interactive challenges, labs and technical talks aimed at security professionals, decision makers and the next-generation of hackers and outside-the-box thinkers”.

The GSEC Singapore also talks on the next-gen security issues as vulnerabilities in corporate intranets and also various other topics

including tracking fake news using cutting edge artificial intelligence and state of the art deep learning models. GSEC’s popular HITB Capture the Flag will witness 20 teams battle it out in the event which features a dynamic scoring format as well as ‘Challenges and Hints’ marketplaces for the gamers. The eventual winners will fly to HITB+ CyberWeek in Abu Dhabi to compete in the maiden HITB PRO CTF where the top 25 CTF teams battle it out for $100,000.

Our objective has always been to raise global awareness about the risks and importance of security in the digital age and to nurture the next generation of talent. The annual HITB Security Conference in Amsterdam and our GSEC event in Singapore are established as pioneering events and we have laid out an even bigger program for the HITB+CyberWeek.

Founded in 2000, Hack in the Box acts as an online platform that offers its users with free knowledge related to the internet. HITB provides its users with news, insights, articles and information to hacking and internet security. The platform is also home to HITBSecNEws, HITBSecForum and HITBSecConf series of knowledge trainings and conferences. HITBS also offers a security conference held annually in the Netherlands and Malaysia.