HITCON GIRLS

Information security community for women in Taiwan.

We are a group of women explorers who are taking adventure in the world of information security!



HG's goals

HITCON GIRLS is an all-female information security community. To propagate the idea of “Everyone can learn about information security!”, we aim to gather all the women who are interested and willing to take a deep dive into the knowledge and techniques to join the community.

We form study groups with various subjects for encouraging our members to overcome the difficulties through learning and share their knowledge in the community. Our mission is to create an inspiring and encouraging environment for women to learn information security, and to increase the inclusivity in the tech industry.

Some members started going their own way, maybe graduating into the workforce, maybe loving their jobs more, maybe finding new goals through the community. We expect the changes made by HITCON GIRLS to fall around the world like windblown fruit and petals, and each new seedling represents "women can be information security experts, gender is not a barrier".

HG's structure

HITCON GIRLS is consist of two units:

Administrative team

Administrative team
Here are what the administrative team do:
- Organization administration
- Events and activities planning
- Financial and sponsorship managing
- Facilities service
- Communicating and coordinating with members
The most important mission of the administrative team is to “make sure the organization is alive and active!

Study Group

The world of information security includes various subjects. We set up numbers of study teams according to the interested subjects of our members in every period cycle. Each team usually operates independently and organizes internal sharing sessions in normal time. In every month, we hold a joint study session to exchange and share knowledge between different groups. In addition to focusing on a specific subject, we believe it’s important to absorb various knowledge as well.

HG's study group

We not only foster interests in one areas but study across a wide range.

Web PT Team

Web PT, specializing in penetration testing techniques, diging to find out how to attack and how to prevent. Those are the topics we are interested in!

Members:
TBA

Malware analysis Team

Malware analysis group, memebrs are learning :
- Malware analysis (statistic analysis and dynamic analysis)
- Analysis tools
- Analysis roadmap

Members:
TBA

CTF Team

CTF group, aim to participate in CTF games, including diverse topics. This team participates CTF games periodically.
What we need is the flag!

Members:
TBA

DFIR Team

We have a new group digital forensics and incident response group!

Members:
TBA

ANDROID PT Team

Dissolved temporarily

Network security Team

Dissolved temporarily

History

Go To Conference - DEFCON

This Video Project will introduce the infosec conference, including transportation, local information and the special of the conference.

The CTF for Audition

The CTF for girls who want to be the member of study group. Yes! This is the audition for HG Study Group 4th!
This is also the first time we design the CTF task by our self. We have publiched the Write-up in our blog:)

HITCON Community 2018

HITCON(Hacks in Taiwan Conference) is a highly technical security conference in Taiwan.
This is the first time HITCON CMT hosted by HITCON GIRLS and the organizers are all female!

BIRDS OF A FEATHER

We invite like-minded people to come together and share their special regulation and unique experience at work. Thanks to Bob member Dasom Kim, trend researcher Fyodor and Aaron!

Chipchat Party

We have invited three outstanding women in the cyber security, Katie Moussouris, Kana Shinoda and Eva Chen to chat in the party! So we call it a chipchat party.

The first anniversary&PPP interview

This month means a lot to us because it is our anniversary and we just have new girls' come and join in us!
Many thanks to all of you walking along with us, we are more than appreciated! Special thanks to Tyler and Erye, we are so lucky to have you guys here and sharing so much with us. It is our first anniversary, and we are going further and getting stronger together in the very future.

Workshop

The beginning of HITCON GIRLS.

We get together for hold an amazing workshop activity.

Q&A


Q:What is the relationship between HITCON GIRLS and HITCON?

HITCON GIRLS was found by a group of women who are full of passionate to information security. These women were all members of HITCON and founded the new community under the assistance and support of HITCON. Therefore, they named this community as “HITCON GIRLS”.

Q:What is the difference between administrative team and study groups?

Please see the introduction above. The study groups concentrates on learning, technical knowledge exchanges, while the administrative team is responsible for the administration and activities planning. Both are indispensable parts of HITCON GIRLS, and also an important driving force in the community operation!


Q:I want to join the studying group

welcome and thank you for the interest. Knowledge of information security is not only a shield but also a sword, in order to prevent the abusing of these knowledge, we hold a screening interview with our recruitment. We recruit new member regularly every year. Please follow our Facebook for the latest information. If we have a new audition activity, we post it on the Facebook fan group!

Q:Is there any requirement for joining the study group?

We do not provide any course or training. Therefore, participants need to be capable of doing self-learning and time scheduling for their study. We hope our members are all eager to learn. As long as you are bold in questioning and seeking for progress, even you are just a beginner who does not have technical background, you are welcome to join us!

Q:What does the study groups usually do?

We hold regular meeting every month. Each group take turns to get on stage and share their latest research. With this meeting, our member could learn various knowledge not limited to the selected topic of their study group. As for the meeting regulation of each study group, each study group make their own rules under the agreement and discussion of each members.


Q:I have other questions to ask, what should I do?

If you have any questions, please write to our service email: [email protected], or visit our FB fan page and leave your questions.

Q:Are there any restrictions for cooperating with HITCON GIRLS?

HITCON GIRLS is a non-profit community. We are open to invitations from educatic entities (i.e. schools or campus activities). However, since this is not our main activities, please forgive us if we could not cooperating.

Q:Is there any other way to contact HITCON GIRLS?

You are welcome to join our Facebook group page and follow our blog!

Contact




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