Topic: Proactive Security: The Strategic Role of Ethical Hacking
Abstract: Cybersecurity threats are evolving faster than ever, and organizations must shift from reactive defense to proactive security strategies. This webinar explores the critical role of ethical hacking in fortifying digital infrastructures against emerging threats. It will discuss the key security areas influenced by ethical hacking, along with ethical hacking tools and techniques used across them. The session will also highlight the role of Certified Ethical Hackers (CEHs) in vulnerability management through proactive security measures and feature live demonstrations, including an example of IoT hacking in automobiles.
Key Takeaways:
- Understanding the need for proactive security
- The role of ethical hackers in defense
- Security domains influenced by ethical hacking
- Live demonstration: IoT hacking in automobiles
- Impact of the CEH
Speaker:
Omar Tamer, Red Team & Penetration Testing Specialist
Bio: Omar Tamer is a red team and penetration testing specialist with a bachelor’s degree in business information systems. He conducts full-scope security assessments across web, network, Active Directory, and OT/IoT environments and holds multiple industry-recognized certifications, including CEH Master, CPENT, and LPT Master from EC-Council; eJPT from INE Security; and PCEP from the Python Institute. In addition to serving as an EC-Council exam item writer, he has developed offensive security tools such as Packet-Whiz (a network forensics analyzer) and OTSec (an OT/IoT offensive toolkit) to support research and training. Ranked among the top players worldwide on TryHackMe, Hack The Box, and CyberTalents, he is passionate about advancing security research and aspires to publish original zero-day vulnerabilities with CVEs under his name.
