PATNA: Research scholars and Internet security experts from Indian Institute of Technology will conduct a two-day-long workshop on ” Ethical Hacking” here from Saturday.
To be conducted at Bharti Mandapam, the workshop will witness holistic discussions on wireless hacking, mobile hacking, ATM/credit card fraud, password theft and other secretive methods of hacking. The programme is being organized under the aegis of a web portal, allmycourses.com.
An IIT-Kanpur student and group coordinator, Girijesh Jha said: “In recent times, there have been numerous incidents where private information has been stolen and exploited in various ways, including monetary theft, blackmailing and other kinds of harassment.”
This threat of theft has led to a huge rise in demand for network security experts. This has opened up new avenues for students, who need to be trained, Jha added.
Anyone studying above Class X and curious to know about ‘ethical hacking’ can attend the workshop. It does not require any previous knowledge of the field and, therefore, anyone who uses Internet, ATM/credit cards, mobile phones etc can attend the workshop.
Apart from learning, the students attending the workshop will get a participation certificate, and those who perform well during the workshop will get internship opportunities in the companies started by IITians.
Registration for the workshop is going on at Patna Youth Hostel, which will continue till 5pm on Friday morning. The registration fee is Rs 500.