The International Day for Information Security is celebrated on November 30th. And to mark the date, the Department of Computer Science (DCC) at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) will hold the DCC Security Day on November 29. It will be a day of lectures, workshops, and mini-courses on cybersecurity for students and professionals in the sector. The event has the technical support of the Brazilian Society of Computing and is organized by the CCSC research group (Computational Security Science and Network Security).
There will still be the Alberto Santos-Dumont Challenge, a cybersecurity competition with mixed teams from Brazil and France using Airbus's Cyberrange. The activity will include 10 selected Brazilian participants and 10 French participants. The Santos-Dumont Challenge is supported by the Inria Center of the University of Lorraine in France, in the organization.
The opening lecture is the result of a partnership between DCC and Google, and will focus on "Safe AI and Security with AI," led by Alex Freire, director of engineering and leader of Google's Engineering Center in São Paulo. Freire is responsible for the development, on a global scale, of anti-abuse technologies and resources to promote people's safety in the digital environment and ensure their privacy.
The closing will be with Raphael Machado, Chief Scientist of Clavis Information Security, who also supports the event, on "Vulnerabilities in Critical Systems". Raphael Machado holds a Ph.D. in Systems and Computer Engineering from Coppe – Alberto Luiz Coimbra Institute of Postgraduate and Engineering Research, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and is a professor at the Institute of Computing at Fluminense Federal University.
Computer scientist Michele Nogueira, PhD in Computer Science from Sorbonne University in France and professor at the DCC of UFMG, is the organizer of the event and will give the lecture "Kick-off of the CNPq METIS project: Women in Exact Sciences in Cybersecurity." According to Michele Nogueira, despite the growing demand for professionals who ensure data security and the high employability in the sector, only 25% of cybersecurity jobs are held by women.
The computer scientist is leading, coordinating the METIS Project, with the goal of encouraging women to enter the cybersecurity field."Métis is the Greek goddess of protection. Women have an intrinsic concern with protection; therefore, they bring different and necessary perspectives for building cybersecurity solutions," explains Michele Nogueira.
The METIS Project, which will officially begin on the day of the event, has as its main objectives the awareness of girls about the possibility of working in cybersecurity from elementary school to higher education, the development of these girls' skills, the formation of a mentoring network and strategic partnerships for them, the promotion of social inclusion through a highly demanded profession with differentiated remuneration, in addition to influencing the creation of public policies that promote incentives for girls to work in the area.
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Event:DCC Cyber Security Day
Data: November 29, 2024
Local: UFMG Pampulha Campus
Schedule:
8:30am: Reception and networking
9:00am: Welcome
9:10am: Lecture: Alex Freire, Google
Safe AI and AI Security
10:30am:Minicourse: Dr. Fernando Nakayama,DCC/UFMG (Part 1)
First Steps in Vulnerability Assessment: Cybersecurity
Uncomplicated
10:30 Alberto Santos-Dumont Challenge
11:10am: Coffee Break
11:40am:Minicourse: Dr. Fernando Nakayama,DCC/UFMG (Part 2)
First Steps in Vulnerability Assessment: Cybersecurity
Uncomplicated
12:40pm: Lunch
2:00pm: Professor. Doctor Michele Nogueira,DCC/UFMG
Kick-off of the CNPq METIS project: Women in Exact Sciences
Cybersecurity
2:30pm:Workshop: Lucas Albano,DCC/UFMG (Part 1)
Offensive Security in Action: Discover the Potential of the Raspberry Pi
3:00pm: Coffee Break
3:15pm:Workshop: Lucas Albano,DCC/UFMG (Part 2)
Offensive Security in Action: Discover the Potential of the Raspberry Pi
4:15pm:Lecture: Raphael Machado,Clavis Information Security
Vulnerabilities in Critical Systems
17:00pm: END
