Seminar on hacking

KATHMANDU, Sept 3: Hacking of websites and emails has almost become an everyday affair in Nepal. Realizing the increasing curiosities on hacking, a day-long seminar on ´The Network Detectives´ was organized at the sidelines of Midas CAN SofTech 2010 at Direction Exhibition & Convention Center on Friday.



The seminar saw the participation of more than 150 students and professionals from the government and corporate houses. [break]



“People have lots of questions and misleading opinions about hijacking and though this seminar, we are hopeful of addressing some of those issues," said Vipul Kabra, managing director Eureka Management, the organizer of the seminar.



He also said one should be able to think in the way the hackers think to minimize the problem of hacking. “Sharing passwords in suspicious websites and clicking unfamiliar links may expose your websites and message inbox to risks,” he added.



Praful Agrawal, the technical head at Kyrion Technologies, said, complete security of websites many not be possible but vulnerabilities can be minimized.







“Regular updates on technology, hiring a team to work against hacking and keeping tab on attacks can help minimize the risk,” he said, adding, “After ascertaining how hacking is done, security systems can be developed accordingly to minimize the threat.”



Participants of the seminar informed myrepublica.com that they found the program very useful and relevant. Officials of Computer Association of Nepal informed that the program was organized as the part of their awareness raising campaign.



The four-day event saw the participation of 10,000 visitors on Friday. “Students of engineering are turning up in large numbers. We are also seeing encouraging participation from community schools,” CAN Secretary Narayan Neupane said.



CAN is expecting more than 60,000 visitors in the four-day event.

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