Session 5: Navigating Cyber Threats: The Risk of Vulnerable Binaries

Trainer

            Dimitris Koutras, University of Piraeus

Session Details

  1. Session Title:
    Navigating Cyber Threats: The Risk of Vulnerable Binaries
  2. Session Description:
    This session will explore the risks associated with vulnerable software and binaries in critical systems. It will cover key topics such as identifying vulnerabilities, assessing risks, and mitigation strategies to protect critical assets.
  3. Key Learning Objectives:
    Understand the role of software in modern critical operations.
    Identify common vulnerabilities in binaries and software systems.
    Learn mitigation strategies to secure software.

Lab Details

  1. Lab Title:
    Vulnerability Tracking and Exploitation: Hands-On
  2. Lab Description:
    This lab provides a practical approach to identifying, tracking, and mitigating vulnerabilities in binaries systems. Participants will engage in hands-on activities to explore real-world scenario
  3. Key Learning Objectives:
    Apply vulnerability identification techniques in binary systems.
    Demonstrate the ability to mitigate common vulnerabilities.
    Develop skills in using debugging and testing tools.
  4. Tools/Software Required:
    Debugging tools like GDB.
    Tools for binary analysis (e.g., objdump, strace).
    Pre-installed virtual machines with necessary software.

Session 6: Cyber Security Risk and Vulnerability Management

Trainer

            Shareeful Islam, Security Labs Consulting

Session Details

  1. Session Title:
    Cyber Security Risk and Vulnerability Management
  2. Session Description:
    This section provides an overview of cybersecurity risk management and allows the learners to understand the threats, vulnerabilities, risks and mitigation actions to ensure security of the system and infrastructure.
    Key topics include:
    Risk Management overview 
    Open intelligence, i.e., CVE,CVSS, NVD and CAPEC 
    Cyber-attack path discovery
    Asset inventory, vulnerability chain and risk register
  3. Key Learning Objectives:
    Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of cyber security risk management
    Critically assess and report  security risk and suggested suitable mitigation strategy in professional manner

Lab Details

  1. Lab Title:
    Hands on Risk Management
  2. Lab Description:
    This session will provide hands-on practice about assessing risk and developing risk register
  3. Key Learning Objectives:
    Assessment of Risk and development of risk register
  4. Tools/Software Required:
    Mitigate risk management tool 
    Open intelligence CVE, CAPEC