Hacker Halted Europe Interviews - Jay Bavisi
Firebrand Training
17 October, 2013
By Peter Orban
In October, EC-Council’s Hacker Halted came to Europe for the first time. Firebrand attended the conference in Reykjavik, Iceland and interviewed industry experts about the hottest topics in cyber security.
The first speaker is EC-Council’s co-founder and president Jay Bavisi, who summarises the main points of his presentation, entitled “The Cyber Security Quagmire: Finding the Panacea”.
His keynote speech compared the challenges faced by IT security companies to those faced by pharmaceutical companies. Mr Bavisi pointed out that while the pharmaceutical industry already managed to overcome diseases such as small pox through vaccinations, the IT security industry is still struggling to achieve similar success against the threats of cyberspace.
He also added that EC-Council would be launching new secure coding courses, as well as a different E|CSA & L|PT exam in 2014. The new exam will be 100% practical, requiring students to perform a penetration test on EC-Council’s virtual bank.
The first speaker is EC-Council’s co-founder and president Jay Bavisi, who summarises the main points of his presentation, entitled “The Cyber Security Quagmire: Finding the Panacea”.
His keynote speech compared the challenges faced by IT security companies to those faced by pharmaceutical companies. Mr Bavisi pointed out that while the pharmaceutical industry already managed to overcome diseases such as small pox through vaccinations, the IT security industry is still struggling to achieve similar success against the threats of cyberspace.
He also added that EC-Council would be launching new secure coding courses, as well as a different E|CSA & L|PT exam in 2014. The new exam will be 100% practical, requiring students to perform a penetration test on EC-Council’s virtual bank.
Make sure you check the blog regularly, as we'll post more interviews from Hacker Halted Europe 2013.