Institute of Cyberspace Technology

In order to help the government departments and organizations in Hong Kong better understand the method and process of offense and defense exercises, the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) and HKCT Institute of Higher Education (HKCT) co-organized an "Introduction to Cybersecurity Offense and Defense Exercise" on January 5, 2024. Attendees included Mr. CHEUNG Yee Wai, Assistant Government Chief Information Officer (Cyber Security and Digital Identity) of the OGCIO, Ir Dr KWOK Lam For, Head of Lion Rock Labs of Cyberspace Security of HKCT Institute of Higher Education, Prof. LI Wai Chi, Vice President of HKCT Institute of Higher Education, Prof. LAM Sum, Associate Vice President of HKCT Institute of Higher Education. In addition, nearly a hundred participants were invited to attend, including representatives from the Security Bureau, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department, Hong Kong Police Force.

We have invited Mr. HUANG Qi, Assistant President of Integrity Technology Co Ltd, Head of Security Data Analysis Research and Security Service Control Research and Development Centre as speaker. He introduced the mainland's cybersecurity offense and defense exercises and shared case studies. 

Mr. HUANG pointed out in his sharing that most people are generally unaware of and unconcerned about cybersecurity incidents happening around the world. He said, "All victims believed they were safe before being attacked." Therefore, cybersecurity offense and defense exercises have become even more important. He emphasized that many attacks often stem from trust and carelessness, so we must establish security awareness, strengthen the cultivation of cybersecurity awareness, and organise more cybersecurity offense and defense exercises and "let mistakes happen on the cyber range" instead of the reality.

 

In response to the high attention to cybersecurity in the "Policy Address" released on October 25, HKCT Institute of Higher Education held the "Lion Rock" Symposium of Cyberspace on October 27, 2023.

Professor LEI Zhibin, Secretary-General of the Institute of Web 3.0 Hong Kong, was invited as the officiating guest, along with Mr WANG Zhongru, Director of the Information Centre of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in HKSAR, and several guests from the information technology and academic fields attended the event.

The Symposium themed "Digital Security and Privacy - Mainland Experience Sharing," invited 4 heavyweight experts in the field of cyberspace, including Dr. Huang Jiwu, a distinguished professor at Shenzhen University and winner of the National Distinguished Young Fund , Researcher Li Fenghua, Deputy Chief Engineer of the Institute of Information Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and expert of the State Council's Cyberspace Security Discipline Review Group, Professor Yang Tingting, a researcher at the Pengcheng Laboratory and Minister of the Ministry of Education, and Professor Sun Guozi, Director of the Institute of Data Security Compliance Application Technology at Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications. They respectively gave presentations on 4 topics: "Forgery of Image Evidence," "Development Trends and Applications of Data Security and Privacy Computing in the Sharing Environment," "Ten Fundamental Issues of Computing Power and Security Networks," and "Electronic Data Forensic Technology: Opportunities and Challenges."

The event was open to the public and attracted many teachers and students from HKCT and other tertiary institutions as well as people interested in cybersecurity.

In response to the China Cybersecurity Week, HKCT Institute of Higher Education (HKCT) held a "Mainland Cyber Offense and Defense Drill" Seminar to foster exchanges and experience sharing between mainland and Hong Kong cybersecurity workforce.

Mr XIE Shaozhi, Security Technology Service Centre of Topsec Technologies Group shared the trends of cybersecurity and experience of offensive and defensive drills in mainland. Over 40 participants attended and representatives came from the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer, the Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau of the Hong Kong Police Force, the Information Centre of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in HKSAR and HKCT teaching staff. The content is substantial and valuable and all the guests were inspired by the sharing.

 

On the day the ICT founding ceremony was held, HKCT also hosted the Symposium of Cyberspace. Numerous cyberspace specialists and scholars supported the event. Dr WEN Sheng from Swinburne University of Technology, Professor ZHANG Weizhe, Deputy Director of the New Network Department of Peng Cheng Laboratory, and Professor MA Zhuo, Deputy Director of the Scientific Research Institute of Xi’an University of Electronic Science and Technology, respectively delivered a keynote speech entitled “How can we guarantee Web 3’s future success?”, “Security risks and strategy related to internet domain names”, and “Machine unlearning mechanism and its security application”.

In addition, Professor MA Jianfeng, Director of the Department of Cyberspace Security of Xi’an University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Professor ZHANG Xiaosong, Director of the Institute of Cyberspace Security of the University of Electronic Science and Technology, Professor LI Xiaoyong, Executive Dean of the School of Cyberspace Security of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, and Professor CAI Jingjing, Chairperson of Yongxin Zhicheng Technology Co., Ltd., took part in a roundtable forum on the development of the cyberspace security discipline and talent grooming. Professor DING Yong, Dean of ICT, was the moderator. All the guests in attendance praised the specialists and scholars for their professional insight that helped enhance their understanding of cybersecurity.

 

HKCT joined hands with the Hong Kong Computer Society to organise the first “Hong Kong Cybersecurity Skills Competition” on 15th April, 2023. The competition had the support of the government, the business sector and the academia, including the Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau of the Hong Kong Police Force, the I.T. People Association of Hong Kong (ITPA), the Association of I.T. Leaders in Education (AiTLE) and Department of Computer Science of The University of Hong Kong.

On the day the award presentation ceremony was held, we invited Ms. SIU Ka Yi, Political Assistant to Secretary for Education, Dr CHENG Chung Ngam, Hong Kong Computer Society, Professor CHAN Cheuk Hay, President and Principal of HKCT Institute of Higher Education and Hong Kong College of Technology and all professional judges and participants to attend. The participants were students of higher education institutions, people working in industries such as telecommunications, internet service and network security, as well as people aspiring to join the cybersecurity sector. A total of 77 participants were shortlisted to enter the finals.

LI Zhenyu from the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and YU Tianren from Chaoyang, Liaoning Province, came out as winners with a score of 95 and 92.5 respectively (100 being the full score). They were recognised by the Education Examination Centre of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
of the People’s Republic of China, according to specific rules, as a Network and Information Security Management Engineer (Senior). They were also awarded the Certificate of Network and Information Security Management (Senior) issued by the Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Public Security, a cash prize of HK$20,000 and employment opportunities.

 

 

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Press Coverage of Competition (Chinese only)
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Competition details and the List of Winners

The Simulated Cyber Attack and Defence Competition 2022-23, organised by the Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau, was successfully completed on 11th February, 2023. 14 teams, hailing from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau, joined the competition on cyber ranges of the three areas. A series of competitions, including cyber intelligence gathering, digital forensics, case investigation and incident response were held. 

Our Higher Diploma in Cybersecurity (Testing and Compliance) year 1 students formed a team called Casual Player to take part in the competition. HKCT students won sixth place among the 14 teams. Among the Hong Kong teams, they came second. It was their first-time taking part in such a big cybersecurity competition and the brilliant results they achieved were very encouraging.

5 of the students took part in the competitions, namely LIU Yu Xuan, CHU Chun Ning, LEUNG Yung Ki, WONG Chun Yu and FUNG Man Fung.

 

 

 

HKCT teamed up with China Unicom Mobile to host the “Cybersecurity Seminar on Education”. The activity had full support of the Hong Kong Direct Subsidy Scheme Schools Council, the Hong Kong Subsidized Secondary Schools Council and the Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau of the Hong Kong Police Force.

We had invited several heavyweight guests to attend, including Dr MENG Shusen, Chairman and President of the China Unicom Global Limited, Mr SZE Chun Fai, Administrative Assistant to Secretary for Education, Dr LAW Yuet-wing, Assistant Commissioner and Regional Commander (Kowloon East) of the Hong Kong Police Force, Ms CHENG Lai Ki, Chief Superintendent of Police of the Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau of the Hong Kong Police Force, Mr LEE Ching-Pong, Assistant Hon. Secretary of the Hong Kong Subsidized Secondary Schools Council, Mr WANG Ting, Representative of the Hong Kong Direct Subsidy Scheme Schools Council and Professor CHAN Cheuk Hay, President and Principal of HKCT Institute of Higher Education and Hong Kong College of Technology.

The speaker shared information on technology crimes in recent years, the importance of cybersecurity, the industry's demand for relevant professionals, etc. The seminar was informative and useful to raise public awareness of cybersecurity. The seminar had attracted nearly three hundred of secondary and tertiary teachers and students, the education sector and people who are interested in cybersecurity, to participate physically and online.

Event Highlight:

中國聯通國際有限公司董事長兼總裁孟樹森博士

「資訊技術日新月異，網路連接讓世界變成了「地球村」，網路成為與陸、海、天同等重要的人類互動新領域。」

助理警務處處長東九龍總區指揮官羅越榮博士

 「全球對網絡安全人才的需求愈來愈多，由2013年的100萬攀升至去年350至420萬人，升幅高達350%。」

教育局局長政治助理施俊輝先生

「政府內部成立了資訊保安管理委員會及資訊科技保安工作小組，以監督整個政府內部的資訊科技保安工作。各部門亦會設立包括管理和技術人員在內的資訊保安事故應變小組處理日常所有事項，以準備、偵測和應對所有資訊保安事件及事故。」

 

港專校長陳卓禧教授

「港專未來將為中學畢業生開辦與網絡安全相關的高等應用課程，為行業從業人員開辦專業發展課程，為學界和社會舉辦普及性的教育活動。」

香港警務處網絡安全及科技罪案調查科總警司鄭麗琪女士

「每個市民都應該提升自身網絡安全、防罪意識同守法意識，以免成為受害人，甚至誤墮法網成為加害者。」

中國聯通國際有限公司高級信息安全工程師史芳玲女士

「過去8年全球網絡安全空缺職位的數量增長了350%，從2013年的100萬個職位增加到2021年的350萬個。而電訊行業內有關網絡安全的職位一般包括網絡安全工程師（初、中、高）、資訊安全工程師（初、中、高）、安全運營/安全運營總監、安全產品經理、安全諮詢經理等。」

港專協理副校長林森教授

「網絡安全其實和大多數人關係密不可分，惟因為大眾對網絡安全缺乏認知，或心存僥倖，不想麻煩等想法令推廣網絡安全變得困難。」