October is the European Cybersecurity Month. The initiative, wanted by the European Commission, also this year is full of appointments, with a novelty: for some of them it is back in attendance.
As usual, it is Clusti, the Italian Association of IT Security Experts, which keeps track of it on its website. So we decided to take the opportunity to report some, along with those held before and after Cybersecurity Month.
Apparently they are not very different from each other. All are oriented to offer information and create awareness to bring citizens and professionals closer to the issues of digital defense against cybercriminals and cyber gangs. Ransomware, Iot, State Actors, electronic voting, reliability of VPNs, Quantum Internet are just some of the topics. In some cases the cut is technical, which means having a solid IT background to be able to follow them, in others they are also suitable for newbies, a slang term to indicate newbies, the latest arrivals. But basically, as it says an old slogan, “in cybersecurity you are always a rookie”, so there is no need to be discouraged.
In this short list we have not considered the one or two hour webinars which are also useful, important and enjoyable to follow and we focused on the actual conferences, online, face-to-face or hybrid that will hold the spot in the coming months. Let’s say immediately that some have been moved to next year due to the uncertainties caused by the pandemic situation, such as Cybertech Europe which, scheduled for September in the Fuksas Cloud in Rome, has been moved to 10 and 11 May 2021.
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RomHack (in Rome, 25 September)
As usual, there is a full house, but the works can be followed on YouTube. The conference RomHack, which has been stirring up the cybernetic underground for some years, will be held in Rome for the fourth time on 25 September. We will talk about codes, potentials and vulnerabilities of the major existing software products and a talk will be dedicated to the topic of electronic voting via the Internet. It is an event built within the Cyber Saiyan community which in the reference Telegram group has about 900 experts and curious in the sector. Among the creators and organizers there is the engineer Giovanni Mellini, according to whom “the goal is precisely to offer participants a moment of meeting and aggregation, which on the one hand makes known the themes presented by the speakers and on the other people in the Cyber Saiyan community with the aim of creating an active base that can contribute to the growth of the association and therefore to the birth of new initiatives and the consolidation of existing ones “. The agenda this year is built on more current than ever theme of attack and defense, whose various facets will be presented by international guests selected with the call for paper mechanism. Electronic voting, cloud and supply chain are among the main topics of the 2021 edition. Among the speakers, Marco Ivaldi, Christian Folini and Luke Hinds.
Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit (online, 28-29 settembre)
The Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit will discuss major changes in the IT security landscape and the latest and most sophisticated threats. The conference program is spread over two days, from 28 to 29 September 2021. The event is annual and brings together the most important IT security researchers, universities, government agencies and law enforcement agencies from around the world. The goal is to improve collaboration in the fight against cybercrime, opening debates, sharing cutting-edge information and research. This year we will be talking about supply chain attacks up to commercial spyware. Workshops and training courses are geared towards helping threat hunters improve themselves as cybersecurity professionals. In addition to the speakers from Kaspersky, there will also be experts from PwC, Mandiant, Nex, Group IB, Sourcegraph, NTT Security, KK and Yandex.
CyberActForum (in attendance, Viterbo, 1 October)
“The future is cyber, but there is no future without security”: this is the slogan chosen by the organizers of the CyberActForum in Viterbo to reaffirm the responsibility of raising public awareness of cybersecurity issues. From banks to agri-food, to the Public Administration, every sector is now increasingly linked to the tech world, so the Cyber Act Forum aims to make ordinary citizens understand what the risks and opportunities are that derive from the use of the Internet and the Web, to bring companies closer to their audience and create new opportunities for those who work in these fields. As the organizers wrote, it is “a one-day event”: 10 hours of talk with guests such as Massimo Artini, Carola Frediani, Stefano Mele and Marco Menegazzo. A moment of debate and discussion dedicated to everyone.
ConfSec (hybrid, Bari, 7-8 October)
Now in its sixth edition, with the aim of making entrepreneurs and public administrators aware of the risks of cyber crime and the harmful consequences it has on business, ConfSec has become a reference event for Southern Italy on cybersecurity issues. Among the speakers there is also Selene Giupponi, an expert in digital forensics who also represents the Women 4Cyber association.
Cyber Security Forum (hybrid, breaking latest news, October 14-15)
The Cyber Security Forum was born in 2019 as part of the Expo Security fair dedicated to security, to combine physical and logical security. The 2021 edition will focus on temi dell’Internet of Things and its evolution towards the Internet of Beings, the Zero Trust approach, deepfakes, social engineering and Smart Work Security. The event takes place under the patronage of Confindustria Chieti-breaking latest news and is aimed at professionals in the IT and security world.
Think Summit Italy (in attendance, Milan, 20 – 21 October)
It is not exactly a conference on cybersecurity, but the topic will be treated transversally in all the talks of the 3 days dedicated to cloud and artificial intelligence, quantum computers and energy sustainability. There first day is dedicated to digital transformation, the second closes with a technical in-depth session for developers and IT professionals with hands-on laboratories, in the third we talk about human capital. Speakers? Stefano Rebattoni, who has been CEO of Ibm Italia for a few months, Giuseppe Bonocore of RedHat and Alessandra Antonelli of Amazon.
ItaliaSec (online, 26-27 October)
ItaliaSec is dedicated to cyber security professionals who work in the world of commerce and utilities, finance, transport and companies that deal with food and drinks. Arrived at fifth year, the conference explicitly aims to create synergies and transversal relationships in the industrial world with the aim of protecting company resources. He will focus mainly on awareness, the human factor, supply chain (a recurring theme in all conferences), cloud security, compliance with regulations and corporate security. Among the participants Simone Pezzoli of Autostrade per l’Italia, Alessio Setaro, Ciso by Leroy Merlin, and other. Organized by Qgmedia, it has sister initiatives in France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, although all are held only in cyberspace.
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HackInBo Winter Edition (in attendance, Bologna, 6 November)
HackInBo is a totally free cybersecurity event that has earned the favor and recognition of a wide audience. The passwords? Relaxed and collaborative atmosphere, self-management, fun, opportunities for those who want to stay updated on the latest issues regarding IT-Security. Aimed at business executives, to IT managers, systems engineers, but also to the curious, the event takes place at FICO Eataly World. This November is the seventeenth edition of the appointment and will be opened by its creator, Mario Anglani.
Security Summit Streaming Edition (9-11 novembre)
After the digital experience of 2020, the streaming edition of the Italian Association for Cyber Security returns in November with the “Presentation of the Clusit Report – November 2021” in which the experts who animate the association will present the data of the new report and analyze those of the current year. All sessions provide for the issue of attendance certificates e give the right to Cpe credits valid for the maintenance of Cissp, Cssp, Cisa, Cism certifications or similar requiring continuous training. The agenda is being published.
No Hat 2021 (in attendance, Bergamo, 20 November)
No Hat is an annual security conference organized by the Berghem-in-the-Middle association. The event brings together specialists, professionals and enthusiasts operating in the broad world of information security and privacy. This year’s edition will be held on November 20, 2021 in Bergamo or even virtually, in relation to the progress of the coronavirus infection. Among the speakers, David Caligaris of Huawei, Eran Shimony of CyberArk, Daniele Corno D’Elia of the Sapienza University of Rome, and others.
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