Challenges

AI-enabled Security

As we move our businesses to the cloud, we need to work smarter, as security data is spread across cloud and on-premises environments, exposing gaps and vulnerabilities. Accordingly, we need AI-enabled approaches for security to help organizations gain deeper insights, mitigate risks and accelerate the response. With an open security platform that can advance an organization's zero-trust strategy, you can use your existing investments while leaving your data where it is — helping your team become more efficient and collaborative. Accordingly, security and risk management (SRM) leaders are being driven to reduce technology complexity, essentially being tasked to "do more with less". To accomplish this, as well as to keep up with the ever-changing threat landscape, organizations are working towards adopting consolidated AI-enabled security platforms.

The challenges in this hackathon will focus on novel applications of AI in security, from machine learning and data analytics to cognitive assistants. The goal is to leverage AI to stay ahead of threats and learn how to respond w/ greater confidence and speed.

*Download* Keynote/Challenges CLICK HERE

*Download* JUDGING CRITERIA CLICK HERE

Register Your Team: CLICK HERE

Submit Solution: CLICK HERE

Who can attend?

All students and professionals are invited to attend.
We have limited space. Make sure you register and secure your place.

Who can participate in the Hackathon Competition?

Teams (between 2 to 5 students): you should be a student in Australia (High School, Bachelor's, Master's, PhD).
Steps:

Each group member should register individually online. Please check the Registration link in the next Section.
Register your group on the first day of the hackathon (8^th of September, 2022), at the venue.
You will need to have a valid student card, and register with your school/university email address.

Prizes

-Gift Cards and Certificates of achievement for top 3 performing teams.

-Give away gifts from the sponsors.

-Certificate of attendance for the Hackathon.

-Certificate of attendance for the Workshops.

Organizer:

Data Analytics Research Lab, Big Data Society

Our Previous Tech Summit and Hackathons:

AI-ENABLED ASSESSMENT MARKING (July 21) [Microsoft, ITIC]
AI-ENABLED BANKING (Dec 20) [Tata, Westpac]
AI-ENABLED EDUCATION (March 20) [IBM, ITIC]
Intelligence-led Policing Hackathon (July 19) [ITIC, Tata, SAS, AWS]
Data Analytics Hackathon (July 18) [SAS, Microsoft, Yellowfin]
Blockchain Hackathon (Sep 18) [Agate, AWS, SAS]

Program

8^th of September 2022: [Day 1] Technical Summit

Master of Ceremony (MC):
    - Kaveh Fanian (Security Services Client Executive, IBM Australia/NZ)

8:30-9:10 Check-in, Registration, Coffee

9:10-9:15 Welcome to Country
    - Kaveh Fanian (Security Services Client Executive, IBM Australia/NZ)

9:15-9:45 Opening:
    - Mark Jarvis, (Managing Director and Senior Partner, IBM Australia/NZ)
    - Prof. David Coutts, (Executive Dean, Faculty of Science & Engineering, Macquarie University)

9:45-10:45 Openning Keynotes:
    - Chris Hockings (CTO, IBM Security, Asia Pacific, IBM Australia/NZ)
Talk: "Tackling monolithic technology challenges through open security"
    - Jeremy Koster (CISO - Chief Information Security Officer, Macquarie University)
Talk: "Tackling the challenge of cyber staff shortages"

10:45-11:15  Keynote + Hackathon Challenges:
    - Prof. Amin Beheshti (Director, AI enabled Processes (AIP) Research Centre - Macquarie University
   Talk: "AI-enabled Security"

11:15 - 11:45 Coffee Break - Networking

11:45 - 12:15 [Talk]
    - Tim Niblett, (Managed Security Services Leader, IBM Australia/NZ)
      Talk: "Automated Threat Disposition Scoring (ATDS)"

12:15 - 12:45 [Talk]
    - Dev Mookerjee, (Business Unit Executive, Hybrid Cloud Services on Red Hat, IBM Australia/NZ)
      Talk: "Enterprise Cloud Journeys"

12:45 - 14:00 Lunch and Networking

14:00 - 14:30 [Security Panel]
Panel Chair:
    - Kaveh Fanian (Security Services Client Executive, IBM Australia/NZ)
Panelists:
    - Katherine Robins (Partner, Security Services, IBM Australia/NZ)
    - Tim Niblett, (Managed Security Services Leader, IBM Australia/NZ)
    - Prof. Dali Kaafar (Executive Director of the Cyber Security Hub, Macquarie University)
    - Usman Shahbaz, (Executive Manager Data Science | Chief Data Office, nbn™ Australia)
    - Geoff Noble, (Director APAC Partners and Alliances, Illumio APAC)

14:30 - 15:00 [Talk]
    - Prof. Dali Kaafar (Executive Director of the Cyber Security Hub, Macquarie University)
Talk: "Security by AI or Securing AI: A prospective view of the Arms race in AI-driven Cyber Security"

15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break - Networking

15:30 - 16:00 [Talk]
    - Usman Shahbaz, (Executive Manager Data Science | Chief Data Office, nbn™ Australia)
       Talk: "AI and Security"

16:00 - 16:30 [Talk]
    - Navid Baradaran, (Manager – Cyber Security, Parliament of NSW, Australia)
       Talk: "AI/ML in New Cyber Defence Products"

16:30 - 17:00 Coffee, Discussion, and Networking

9^th of September 2022: [Day 2] Hackathon Competition

9:00-9:30 Check-in and Registration

9:30-10:00 Hackathon Opening:
    - Nasrin Shaabni, (President 2022, Big Data Society at Macquarie University)

10:00-10:30 Coffee Break - Networking

10:30-12:30 Hackathon Challenges Q&A
    - Prof. Amin Beheshti (Director, AI enabled Processes (AIP) Research Centre - Macquarie University)
    - Kaveh Fanian (Security Services Client Executive, IBM Australia/NZ)

12:30-1:30 Lunch and Networking

14:00-16:00 Hackathon Demo and Presentation
Judges:

Kaveh Fanian (Security Services Client Executive, IBM Australia/NZ)
Michael Garnham (Automation Sales and Application Manager, Weidmuller, Australia/NZ)
Vlado Vajdic (Security Solution Engineer, Illumio Australia/NZ)

16:00-17:00 Award Ceremony

Registration

Hackathon (Day1 and Day 2) Registration:

Day 1 (Tech Summit Only): LINK
Day 1 and Day 2 (Tech Summit + Hackathon): LINK

Notice: Students participating in the competition should attend both days (Day1 and Day2). Students will register their teams on Day 1, and hackathon challenges will be announced on Day 1.

Hackathon Venue

Hackathon (Day1 and Day 2) Venue:
IBM Australia (Level 17, 259 George St, Sydney NSW 2000)

(This event will be organized in Person)