HITB and JD.com Announce Collaboration for HITB Security Conference in China

HITB, organizer of the popular HITB Security Conference series, is collaborating with JD.com, China’s largest retailer, to bring its popular HITB Security Conference to China for the first time later this year.

JD-HITBSecConf2018 - Beijing will take place in Kempinski Hotel at the end of October and into November. The 5-day event will feature HITB’s signature format - 3 days of hands-on technical trainings, followed by 2 days of conference talks, exhibitions, and competitions.

“We are excited to collaborate with JD in making this first HITB event a success for China, and to continue increasing public awareness about next-generation digital risks and the importance of security in all aspects of our ever-connected lives,” said Dhillon Kannabhiran, Founder and CEO of HITB.

“We are also honoured that JD.com has chosen the HITBSecConf series to reach out to the security community - an audience that’s not only extremely technical but also passionate about technology and innovation,” he added.

For the inaugural event, JD-HITBSecConf2018 - Beijing will feature HITB’s most popular and prominent speakers from the past decade. Some notable names include Hugo Teso, who demonstrated how to remotely take over an aircraft in 2013 and renowned iOS jailbreaker Nikias Bassen, formerly of the Evaders hacking team. Lin Huang who wrote the first GNU Radio guidance book in China will also take to stage, as well as OPSEC thought leader The Grugq, and Google Project Zero’s James Forshaw who will also be joined by the legendary Halvar Flake. So far, more than 25 speakers have been announced, with more to be announced in the coming weeks.

The full list of trainings, invited speakers, competitions, and registration information for HITBSecConf2018 - Beijing can be found at: https://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2018pek/

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About JD.com

JD.com is China’s leading technology-driven e-commerce company. Its cutting-edge retail infrastructure enables consumers to buy whatever they want, whenever and wherever they want it. The company has opened its technology and infrastructure to partners, brands and other sectors, as part of its Retail as a Service offering to help drive productivity and innovation across a range of industries. JD.com is the largest retailer in China, a member of the NASDAQ100 and a Fortune Global 500 company.

Website: https://corporate.jd.com

Twitter: @JD_Corporate

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LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/company/jd.com

About HITBSecConf

HITB Security Conference or HITBSecConf is a community-backed, not-for-profit series of security conferences held annually in various locations around the world. The main aim of HITBSecConf is to enable the dissemination, discussion and sharing of deep knowledge network security information with a focus on groundbreaking attack and defense methods. HITBSecConf is endorsed by various government and professional associations. The conference series is currently held annually in Amsterdam, Dubai, Singapore and now Beijing in China.

Website: https://conference.hitb.org/

Twitter: @HITBSecConf @HITBMedia #HITB2018PEK

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