{"id":40792,"date":"2021-05-07T05:11:19","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T05:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/kids-in-hong-kong-and-other-highly-surveilled-states-worry-infosec-careers-are-just-asking-for-trouble\/"},"modified":"2021-05-07T05:11:19","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T05:11:19","slug":"kids-in-hong-kong-and-other-highly-surveilled-states-worry-infosec-careers-are-just-asking-for-trouble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/kids-in-hong-kong-and-other-highly-surveilled-states-worry-infosec-careers-are-just-asking-for-trouble\/","title":{"rendered":"Kids in Hong Kong and other highly surveilled states worry infosec careers are just asking for trouble"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-label=\"black hat asia\">Black Hat Asia<\/span> Asian nations in which governments are keen on citizen surveillance struggle to develop ethical hackers, as prospective workers fear their activities may be misunderstood, according to security specialist Mika Devonshire.<\/p>\n<p>Devonshire spent much of 2019 and 2020 in Hong Kong, working as a digital forensics and incident response specialist at Blackpanda and serving as assistant faculty at Hong Kong University.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe climate on the University of Hong Kong campus in the fall of 2019 was a bit different that you are used to on a university campus,&#8221; she said at the Black Hat Asia 2021 security conference yesterday.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"condor\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,leaderboard,mpu,\" data-lg=\",fluid,leaderboard,\" data-xlg=\",fluid,superleaderboard,billboard,leaderboard,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2YJb3XckpxF5VknnPCbqi8gAAAE8&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2YJb3XckpxF5VknnPCbqi8gAAAE8&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xxlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,brandwidth,brandimpact,leaderboard,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44YJb3XckpxF5VknnPCbqi8gAAAE8&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44YJb3XckpxF5VknnPCbqi8gAAAE8&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<div class=\"adun_eagle_desktop_story_wrapper\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xxlg=\",mpu,dmpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33YJb3XckpxF5VknnPCbqi8gAAAE8&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33YJb3XckpxF5VknnPCbqi8gAAAE8&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Referring to the Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement as China sought to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2020\/06\/30\/hong_kong_tech_hub_future\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">take more control<\/a> of the special administrative region, and the high level of surveillance and detainment accompanying the protests, Devonshire said she \u201cgot to thinking about how that would impact anyone\u2019s education at that pivotal time in your life when you are trying to develop your career path and how you will enter the workforce and move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Devonshire said students she met feared ISP monitoring and felt that participating in capture-the-flag events or hackathons could make them look deviant.<\/p>\n<p>In a list Devonshire provided of the world&#8217;s ten most surveilled countries, Asia took four positions. China topped her list, with Singapore, Hong Kong, and India coming in fourth, ninth, and tenth respectively. Western countries also rated &#8220;highly.&#8221; The USA came in second, the UK third, and Australia fifth.<\/p>\n<p>The desire to avoid attention and pursue a perceived \u201csafer career\u201d understandably led many to career paths away from infosec. Devonshire said Asia is short 2.4 million cybersecurity trainees, a huge slice of the world&#8217;s four million vacancies.<\/p>\n<p>Devonshire asserted that following best practices and developing a well-regarded professional biography can prevent a trainee from having their behavior and intentions misunderstood. 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