The Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University Institute of Engineering & Technology, Sant Baba Bhag Singh University, SBBSU, organized a Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on ‘Cyber Security’ from Jan 18th to Jan 23rd, 2021. The FDP which started with the blessings of Sant Baba Dlawar Singh ji, Chancellor SBBSU, and under the able guidance of respected Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Dharmjit Singh Parmar, successfully completed with satisfactory and positive feedback from the participants. The FDP program received an overwhelming response with 155 participants from different colleges and universities of the country. The FDP was organized in collaboration with IIT Kanpur. The resource person for the FDP was Mr. Rahul Gupta, Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and EC Council Certified Security Analyst, IIT Kanpur.
The objective of this FDP was to enrich the knowledge of faculty members so that they can further train their students to identify issues, challenges of cybersecurity and provide the solution for the same. The knowledge sharing will improve the teaching-learning process to the students and in turn benefit society.
The workshop was specially designed to give the best knowledge to enthusiasts. It reviewed the weaknesses of various sites by discussing the technical background behind it and by actually performing the attacks on dummy websites. The various topics discussed in the FDP were Introduction to Ethical Hacking, Footprinting and Reconnaissance, Scanning Networks, system Hacking, Social Engineering, and Sniffing. The tools and OS used were Footprinting, Scanning, and system Hacking.
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In the workshop, the necessary awareness of ethical hacking was provided, and participants learned the latest Internet security techniques. With the knowledge of hacking, one is able to guard the system against vulnerable hackers. An Ethical Hacker applies this in an ethical and responsible way to protect the individuals, corporations, and nations against the vulnerability pose against them.
At the end of the workshop, the faculty understood how different security measures can be used while using the web browser issues and be shaped up with hacking skills that are highly in demand. They were also able to analyze and understand the procedure to resolve the security issues in the networks and computer systems to secure IT infrastructure. They also understood the human role in security systems with an emphasis on ethics, social engineering vulnerabilities, and training. All the participants enjoyed practical hands-on experience and learned a lot.