{"id":72258,"date":"2025-11-13T07:50:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T23:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=72258"},"modified":"2025-11-13T15:30:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T07:30:44","slug":"vcs-ctrl-manila-scheduled-on-november-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2025\/11\/13\/vcs-ctrl-manila-scheduled-on-november-19\/","title":{"rendered":"VCS: CTRL Manila scheduled on November 19"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manila takes the spotlight this November as Viettel Cyber Security (VCS) \u2014 the cybersecurity arm of Viettel Group, one of Asia\u2019s largest telecommunications companies \u2014 partners with ROOTCON for \u201cVCS: CTRL Manila\u201d. Happening on\u00a0November 19, 2025, the event will gather cybersecurity professionals, thought leaders, and tech enthusiasts from across the region to share insights and push the boundaries of digital defense.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A New Cyber Frontier: Offense Meets Defense<\/strong><\/p>\n

As organizations advance in their digital transformation journeys, cyber threats are approaching just as fast. The VCS: CTRL Manila 2025 summit aims to open the discussion about how collaborations between ethical hackers and defenders can help organizations stay one step ahead of more complex and adaptive cyber threats.<\/p>\n

VCS: CTRL Manila is expected to gather over 100 participants from the Philippines and other neighboring countries for the summit.<\/p>\n

The program is structured into four focused tracks:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0In-Depth Talks\u00a0\u2013 The summit will open with a series of discussions examining advanced persistent threat (APT) cases, open-source intelligence (OSINT) operations, bug bounty exploits, and blue team defenses. Practitioners sharing examples and tactical lessons drawn from real-world investigations.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Expert Networking\u00a0\u2013 Guests can have the chance to engage with red and blue team professionals face-to-face. This segment aims to enable participants to build networks from peers across Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Interactive Q&A Sessions\u00a0\u2013\u00a0This track is mainly discussion of real-world challenges with threat hunters, detection engineers, and incident responders. Instead of focusing on theory, these sessions tackle practical problems faced in the field \u2014 sharing how experts identify, respond to, and overcome threats in real situations.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Applied Insights\u00a0\u2013 The final track will focus on breach case studies, detection modeling, and preventive strategies. Speakers will outline how coordinated response and adaptive defense mechanisms can reduce risks and strengthen an organization\u2019s overall cybersecurity measure.<\/p>\n

Strategic insights, real-world case studies, and live technical demonstrations will be combined helping participants equip themselves with both the perspective and practical tools to strengthen their security posture.<\/p>\n

Voices from Both Sides of the Battlefield<\/strong><\/p>\n

The summit will feature five cybersecurity experts who will lend their regional expertise in both offensive and defensive operations.<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Inside Messenger\u2019s E2EE: Architecture and Security Insights
\nDuong Doan \u2013 Senior Web Security Researcher, Pwn2Own Winner, Microsoft MVR<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Ransomware-as-a-Service: A Real Case Study
\nHenry Nguyen \u2013 Country Service Manager, Philippines<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0APT TA-SC-31 Exploits Trusted Websites to Launch Targeted Cyberattacks & Mustang Panda\u2019s Evolving Arsenal
\nKien Nguyen Duc & Long Doan Minh \u2013 Threat Analysts, Viettel Cyber Security<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0The Human Side of Hacking: Stories from Those Who Break to Protect
\nJapz Divino \u2013 Principal Security Researcher, Viking Cloud<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0How AI and Fuzzing Are Transforming Automotive Security
\nJay Turla \u2013 Principal Security Researcher, VicOne<\/p>\n

The program is structured to accommodate both Blue Team (defensive) and Red Team (offensive) professionals, with content progressing from fundamental to advanced topics.<\/p>\n

Not only covering updates on the Philippine cybersecurity landscape, detailed ransomware case study, the summit will also feature an advanced discussion on end-to-end encryption (E2EE) in Meta\u2019s messaging applications, highlighting new discoveries that could potentially compromise user data and privacy.<\/p>\n

Building a Stronger Cyber Community<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cTechnology can automate detection, but only human intuition can predict intent,\u201d said\u00a0Mr. Thomas Van Duc Luu, Country Manager, Viettel Cyber Security Philippines.<\/p>\n

He emphasized that behind every effective cybersecurity system are people \u2014 analysts, engineers, and ethical hackers \u2014 whose collaboration strengthens the collective defense of the region.<\/p>\n

By hosting VCS: CTRL Manila, VCS reinforces its commitment to nurturing this community of experts, with the belief that shared knowledge is essential to creating a lasting impact on Southeast Asia\u2019s cybersecurity scene.<\/p>\n

VCS: CTRL Manila will be held on November 19, 2025, in Manila.<\/p>\n

For registration, please visit:\u00a0https:\/\/services.viettelcybersecurity.com\/vcs-ctrl-manilatalk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By hosting VCS: CTRL Manila, VCS reinforces its commitment to nurturing this community of experts, with the belief that shared knowledge is essential to creating a lasting impact on Southeast Asia\u2019s cybersecurity scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":72259,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[96,7747],"class_list":["post-72258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-technology","tag-viettel-cyber-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72258"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72313,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72258\/revisions\/72313"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}