Course number: 01ST945
- Learn to better assess the cybersecurity of your products and applications and develop adequate problem awareness
- Gain practical experience in offensive security
- Experience how offensive security strategies work from an attacker's perspective
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Show all events and optionsThe VDI Workshop "Capture the Flag (CTF): Hands-On Introduction to Cybersecurity" gives you the opportunity to test and improve your cyber security skills in a realistic environment. In a CTF competition, you'll compete against other participants, attempting to solve as many security challenges as possible. Afterwards, you'll discuss your approach with the expert from ETAS, a leading German developer of embedded systems for the automotive industry.
Take Action: Go Offensive
The increasing complexity and interconnectivity lead to new attack vectors and potential vulnerabilities in software products. This results in serious consequences, particularly in the automotive sector. It is crucial for the responsible individuals in companies to maintain a high level of security awareness. Product cyber resilience must be continuously improved to meet both regulatory and customer requirements.
The workshop "Capture the Flag (CTF): Hands-On Introduction to Cybersecurity" offers you a realistic environment to practice your cyber security skills. Through various challenges based on real applications and scenarios, you will simulate offensive security tasks. By solving these challenges, you will develop an understanding from the perspective of attackers, learning how to better secure your products and services.
The VDI Workshop takes place one day before the international VDI conference "Cyber Security for Vehicles". If you book both events together, you will benefit from our discounted combined price.
Advantages
- Learn to better assess the cybersecurity of your products and applications and develop adequate problem awareness
- Gain practical experience in offensive security
- Experience how offensive security strategies work from an attacker's perspective
Program
Target Group
The VDI Workshop "Capture the Flag (CTF): Hands-On Introduction to Cybersecurity" is aimed at professionals and managers from the automotive industry who want to test their security skills in a realistic environment. Specifically, the following employees are addressed:
- Security Managers
- Product and Project Managers
- System Engineers
- Software and Hardware Engineers
- Developers
A technical understanding at the engineer level is required to participate in the workshop.
Prerequisites: Bring your own laptop with your preferred operating system and hacking tools. Your speaker recommends Kali Linux and its tools. If you are new to this area, you can install a Kali Linux instance in virtual machine software such as VirtualBox.
Your Workshop Chair
Abdallah Ourad is a Security Tester at ETAS GmbH. Since 2018, he has been part of the company's penetration testing team and is responsible for conducting and maintaining CTF workshop trainings for ETAS customers. Additionally, he is a security researcher and a CTF player and creator.
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Do you relish the idea of competing in an exciting CTF competition against others and testing and sharpening your cybersecurity awareness? Do you want to take on the role of a hacker and understand from their perspective how to successfully secure your products and services? Then book your ticket now for the VDI Workshop "Capture the Flag (CTF): Hands-On Introduction to Cybersecurity"
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