Now it is the time to switch off your electronic devices as GRRCON is going on at DeVos Place. It is a place where hackers and IT professionals come together on a common platform to learn about computer security.

The Goal behind organizing this grand event is to get like-minded people together to learn "ethical" hacking, says Christopher Payne – “one of the founders of GRRCON”.

Not all hackers use their skills in the negative direction. Ethical hacking is a concept where you test systems for vulnerabilities," Payne explained, "and you put all you endeavor to find problems before people with unethical intentions do."

Ethical Hacking is basically using your skill set in the positive direction to find the loopholes in the security of the system and rectifying them to create a secured system. Companies all over the world will hire hackers to break into their system and tell them how they did it so they can fix it.

According to Payne, there is a stereotype of computer hackers, "If you ask the average person it is probably some overweight nerd in his mother's basement beating on his computer till 3 a.m." Payne explains, "That’s kind of accurate.

Hacking requires lot of time as a hacker needs to do lot of searching and testing to find the loopholes in the security of a system. That is the reason why some hackers don't see the day light.

The conference isn't just dedicated to computer hacking. There is also a section dedicated to lock picking, an activity that hackers have embraced.