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PAKCON 2009 / Announcing PAKCON ACADEMIA
Theme We are proud to present the first installment of PAKCON's new initiative, PAKCON ACADEMIA, an information security convention solely focused for the academia of Pakistan. We plan to hold this event annually with the collaboration and support of educational institutions across Pakistan.
In an age where information is treasure and the treasure house is the virtual network, security is the first casualty. You are at risk if your priorities falter. Face the threats, learn the defenses, try it yourself and be safe. PAKCON ACADEMIA The importance of information security in the present time is undeniable. The ever-changing technology derives the change and advances in information security. The industry is in continuous need of security professionals to combat threats to information assets. Unfortunately, the advances in technology have also created a gap between academia and industry. The gap in recognizing and understanding, current information security infrastructure, is the basis of difficulties faced by organizations. PAKCON is an exclusive cyber security convention, the first initiative of its kind in the history of Pakistan IT since 2004. PAKCON is the brainchild of a group of capable security professionals who have employed their genius and aptitude to provide an overall extensive and comprehensive experience of information security in the form of a wide-ranging convention on information security. People at PAKCON aim to highlight the issues related with information security and the problems faced by IT professionals. PAKCON's undeterrent objective is to examine flaws with new and current technologies, finding their solutions, covering unique and interesting developments in all areas pertaining to information security. Industry requires continuous influx of competent graduates to help it face the current era's information security challenge. PAKCON attempts to address this problem by bridging the gap between academia and industry. This year, PAKCON reaches out to Academia and is appropriately named PAKCON Academia for the first time. It provides an umbrella for both the industry professionals and personnel involved in academics (that includes students, teacher, researches and other fellows). PAKCON Academia is being organized at Jinnah University for Women, Karachi; specifically focusing the students and researchers. Jinnah University for Women is the first Women University of Pakistan. Since 1987, it has been serving as an institution which fulfills requisites of modern information industry. The convention this year, will feature professionals from the market; presenting security awareness, information security challenges and cutting-edge preventive measures. The professionals aim to give latest insight of information security trends and technologies, followed by practical workshops on hacking techniques and secure application development.
Event | WHO | If you know what you are doing with your computer, or if you don't know and would like to know more about what you can do with it, then you are who we want to meet. | | WHAT | A convention where you can meet with security professionals, consultants, hackers, phreakers, coders, and virus writers. | | WHEN | 12th December, 2009 | | WHERE | Jinnah University for Women, Karachi, Pakistan |
SESSIONS Briefings PAKCON ACADEMIA 2009 will be a 1-day event. There will be a single track with talks presented by renowned, skilled and knowledgeable computer and information security professionals. Trainings There will be a single track with 2 different trainings comprised of renowned information and computer security professionals. Cost Cost schedule, mode of payment and transaction procedure for PAKCON ACADEMIA 2009 has been put up on the registration section. | 
