The HITB CommSec Track (27/28th) is FREE TO ALL

(Please register first before entering, unless you are also attending the main conference)

Talks will also be LIVE STREAMED on the HITBSecConf YouTube Channel

The HITB CommSec (community + security) track is a free-to-attend session with 30 and 60 minutes talks held during the 27th and 28th alongside the HITB2018DXB’s Exhibition. This year we have also partnered with BSIDES DUBAI to focus 50% of the HITB CommSec track topics on issues that are becoming more and more relevant every day – the security of cars, airplanes, medical devices, critical infrastructure and home automation devices. The goal of BSidesDubai is to mash up the security community with the best open thinkers from around the world in the famous SecurityBSides open, interactive and community oriented format.

If you have pre-registered, come to Registration to collect your access tags. If you have not pre-registered, please sign-up at the Registration Desk to get an access tag.
If you are a paid attendee, you can access the track already with your existing tag.

Agenda – 27th November

10:00 – 10:40 – MORNING COFFEE BREAK
10:40 – 10:45 – Welcome Comments – Andrea Zapparoli Manzoni

10:45 – 11:15 – COMMSEC: Hacking The 0day Market – Andrea Zapparoli Manzoni (Director, Crowdfense)

11:15 – 11:45 – COMMSEC: Gentlehackers – Start Your AIs: Building Your Own Self Driving, Self Racing Car – Dhillon ‘L33tdawg’ Kannabhiran (Founder/CEO, Hack In The Box)

11:45 – 12:45 – COMMSEC: Enhancing Deep Learning DGA Detection Models Using Separate Character Embedding – Vikash Yadav (Data Scientist, Royal Bank of Canada)

12:45 – 14:00 – LUNCH BREAK (for paid conference delegates)

14:00 – 14:15 – BSIDES: Cyber Security of the Future – Dr. Bushra Al Belooshi (Manager, Research and Innovation, DESC)

14:15 – 14:45 – BSIDES: Blockchain: The New Line of Defense – Ramy AlDamati (CyberSecurity & Blockchain Influencer, Kaspersky Lab)

14:45 – 15:15 – COMMSEC: Building Security Beyond the Genesis Block – Ryan Shepherd (Threat Hunter, Countercept)

15:15 – 16:00 – BSIDES: Creating Browser Extensions to Hunt for Low-Hanging Fruit – Rewanth Cool (Security Consultant, Payatu Software Labs LLP)

16:00 – 16:30 – COFFEE BREAK

16:30 – 17:00 – COMMSEC: Hacking Yachts Remotely: IoT Hacking at Sea – Stephan Gerling (Electronics Specalist)

17:00 – 17:30 – COMMSEC: Hacking into Broadband and Broadcast TV Systems – Chaouki Kasmi (Director, MT Lab, DarkMatter), Pierre Barre (Senior Security Researcher, MT Lab, DarkMatter) & Thomas Sabono (Lead Security Researcher, SW Lab, DarkMatter)

17:30 – 18:00 – COMMSEC: Taking Over Telecom Networks – Loay Hassan Abdelrazek (Security Researcher, Nile University) & Hardik Mehta (Independent Security Researcher)

18:00 – 18:30 – COMMSEC: System-level Threats: Dangerous Assumptions in Modern Product Security – Cristofaro Mune (Independent Product Security Consultant)

18:30 – END OF DAY 1 / NETWORKING BREAK

Agenda – 28th November

10:00 – 10:30 – MORNING COFFEE BREAK

10:30 – 10:45 – BSIDES: Growth Hacking Your Community – Dr. Marwan Al-Zarouni (Director of Information Services, DESC)

10:45 – 11:15 – BSIDES: Hunting Threats in Your Enterprise – Abdulrahman Al-Nimari (Lead Cyber Security Architect, Mantech Corp)

11:15 – 11:45 – BSIDES: My Experience of Running CTF Competitions in 7 Arab Countries – Moataz Salah (MENA Cybersecurity Workforce Gap)

11:45 – 12:15 – COMMSEC: Evolution of Security Threats to Telecommunications Infrastructures – Emmanuel Gadaix (Founder, TSTF)

12:15 – 12:45 – BSIDES: Adversarial Attacks on Autonomous Cars: The Missed Gap – Dr. Hoda A. Alkhzaimi (Director of Center for Cyber Security, New York University AD)

12:45 – 13:00 – BSIDES: Women in Cyber Security in the Middle East – Heide Young (Co-Founder. Women in Cyber Security Middle East (WCSME))