{"id":57300,"date":"2019-06-12T09:56:19","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T13:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=57300"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:36","slug":"carleton-to-host-ihack-ottawa-cybersecurity-and-hacking-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2019\/carleton-to-host-ihack-ottawa-cybersecurity-and-hacking-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton to Host iHack Ottawa Cybersecurity and Hacking Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Carleton to Host iHack Ottawa Cybersecurity and Hacking Conference\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Carleton University\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/timprogram.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technology Innovation Management Program<\/a> (TIM) will host <a href=\"https:\/\/events.ihack.team\/2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>iHack Ottawa 2019<\/em><\/a>, a cybersecurity conference and hacking event featuring expert talks, hands-on workshops and a capture-the-flag hacking challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>: Saturday, June 15, 2019 at noon; the hacking competition begins at 6 p.m.<br>\n<strong>Where<\/strong>: Various room locations, Richcraft Hall, Carleton<br>\n<strong>Info<\/strong>: For program details and room locations, please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/events.ihack.team\/2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conference website<\/a>. A campus map is <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/campus\/map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">available online<\/a>. For news and updates, follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ihack613\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ihack613<\/a> on twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Media are invited to attend the event.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conference features presentations and hands-on workshops run by members of Ottawa\u2019s high-tech community covering a wide range of topics, including forensics, reverse engineering and defence. The iHack capture-the-flag (CTF) hacking challenge is an international competition where Ottawa teams go up simultaneously against teams in other cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>iHack Ottawa is dedicated to providing a fun, inclusive and safe learning environment in an effort to narrow the global cybersecurity skills gap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"about-the-technology-innovation-management-program\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the Technology Innovation Management Program<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Carleton\u2019s TIM program trains aspiring entrepreneurs about creating wealth at the early stages of company or opportunity life cycles. It is a master\u2019s-level program leading to a Master of Applied Science (MASc) degree, Master of Engineering (MEng) degree or a Master of Entrepreneurship (MEnt).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Media Contact<\/strong><strong><br>\n<\/strong>Steven Reid<br>\nMedia Relations Officer<br>\nCarleton University<br>\n613-520-2600, ext. 8718<br>\n613-265-6613<br>\n<a href=\"mailto:Steven_Reid3@Carleton.ca\">Steven_Reid3@Carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Carleton Newsroom:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/<\/a><strong><br>\nFollow us on Twitter:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/Cunewsroom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.twitter.com\/Cunewsroom<\/a><br>\n<strong>Need an expert?<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Go to:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.carleton.ca\/newsroom\/experts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.carleton.ca\/newsroom\/experts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carleton University\u2019s Technology Innovation Management Program (TIM) will host iHack Ottawa 2019, a cybersecurity conference and hacking event featuring expert talks, hands-on workshops and a capture-the-flag hacking challenge. When: Saturday, June 15, 2019 at noon; the hacking competition begins at 6 p.m. Where: Various room locations, Richcraft Hall, Carleton Info: For program details and room [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":410,"featured_media":57304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[184],"class_list":["post-57300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media-advisories","tag-technology-innovation-management"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":"blueprint"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/410"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57300"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57306,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57300\/revisions\/57306"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}