Being an avid supporter of security community activities and collaborative research, Torrid Network’s presence at the conference was pretty evident. n|uCON is an annual information security event organized in Goa, India and this year happened from February 4th – 7th, 2015. Being a regular supporter of n|uCON and n|u community, we have been actively participating in the local chapter events and international conferences to reach out to the highly motivated technologists for the greater good of information security as an apparent part of the cyber space.

Showcasing the security research not only brings about enthusiasm in the group of technologists working towards their passion but also sets newer standards for the ever-growing phenomenon of information security in the digital age of ours. n|uCON hosts prototype, exhibition, trainings, free workshops, null job fair every year at the conference, providing a unique platform for security companies/evangelists to brainstorm and demonstrate why the current technology is not sufficient and what should be the focus for the coming years pertaining to information security.

The n|u journey, as always, has been special. With continuance in delivery of the latest information and research on technical, strategic and business aspects of information security which helps organizations take proactive and protective measures to safeguard their critical data and assets. n|uCON security conference is well known for responsibly disclosing new vulnerabilities, risks and attacks on computers along with their prevention mechanisms. With advanced training modules on web application security, SCADA security, android exploitations, reverse engineering, malware analysis, attack monitoring and fuzzing by international security research experts, n|uCON provided the best ever trainings to the participants with a great deal of international exposure and technical insights to take up newer research in the domain.

The conference day zero started with the null keynote by Akash Mahajan of the null community followed by the Blackshield awards to the ICONs who have contributed in various disciplines of technical research, development of security tools, trainings, positively impacted the world of information security. The first official talk of the day (night, rather) was by Pranesh Prakash, Policy Director at CIS India about being pessimistic about the future of lawful surveillance in India. Pranesh, well known policy wonk, mainly focused his talk on Internet ‘openness’, free expression, privacy, infosec, netgov. This was followed by a couple of technical talks of very ‘Indian’ origin in terms of products and innovation.

With talks ranging – from privacy, defense and stealth – to attacks, anatomy and analysis, n|uCON proved to be the penultimate platform bringing together a large variety of speakers from all over the world on the security platter for the two days of conference. Expert workshops on hardware reverse engineering, sandboxing and bug bounty hackathons made sure a star studding to the conference offerings. Special CTF for women by women and book signing event of “Breach – A cyber crime thriller” by author Amrita Chowdhury made the offerings even diverse. The conference also had a special attraction this year with #MakeInIndia campaign where DSD Infosec, IronWASP, Netmonastery, 3SLabs, HackIT, INNEFU, The AppSec Lab, and Attify were some of the security startups showcased for promoting entrepreneurship and innovation in the security industry. Even a startup panel discussion ensured that the startup leaders share their insights about what to do and what not to, while starting up, which motivated the participants to dive into the niche domain of information security with greater momentum.

Overall, n|uCON was another such superb event in the Indian security space (that too, on the beaches of Goa known for their liveliness and serenity) that proves our mettle in the global cyberspace, bringing us closer to security of Internet of things, to improve, innovate and propagate a secure digital age to our generations to come.