Spotlight Conferences, 2020 - 2021

I’m seeing more events promoting “Women In Cybersecurity” which is a positive signal especially when you realize that women comprise roughly 10% of the cybersecurity workforce. As part of our “Spotlight Series” whereby we interview leading figures within the InfoSec Conference community and ask them a bunch of questions about their event, it’s an honor …

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ISSA-LA’s is one of the premier sources of information security in Los Angeles. ISSA (Information Systems Security Association International) is a leading global membership body for cybersecurity professionals that is dedicated to progressing individual growth, managing technology risk, and protecting critical information and infrastructure. As a non-profit, ISSA, at its’ core provides educational forums, publications, …

Read moreISSA-LA Security Summit | Interview with Richard Greenberg

REVULN is a group of companies founded in September 2012 and incorporated in Malta, Belize, and Hong Kong. The team also organize a bunch of fantastic Cybersecurity events and conferences in various locations. As an organization, REVULN performs security research, projects, and activities on behalf of companies, organizations and governments. The REVULN security events are …

Read moreREVULN | Interview with Luigi Auriemma

We’ve been listing Suits and Spooks events for several years now and they’re certainly interesting and actionable events. This conference, which first started back in 2011, is noted for having excellent speakers and delivering first-class content. The founder, Jeffrey Carr, kindly sent me a bunch of answers to my questions in which he shares the …

Read moreSuits & Spooks | Interview with Jeffrey Carr

Hack.lu is (in my humble opinion) the best Cybersecurity Conference in Luxembourg and one of the best Hacker Conferences in Europe. Within the DACH and central European region there are hundreds of InfoSec events but some jump-out more than others and Hack.lu is one of those! The feedback our community has given us about hack.lu …

Read moreHACKLU | Interview with Alexandre Dulaunoy

“Spotlight” in a category in our directory in which we “shine a spotlight” on a security event anywhere around the world. We interview a founder or co-founder, or someone within the management team and asks them a bunch of questions. How Do We Choose What Events To Interview? Honestly, there’s no set criteria. The only …

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NorthSec is without a doubt one of (if not “the”) best Cybersecurity Conference in Canada. Taking place in Montreal I’m a big fan of the event and am delighted to have been able to interview founder Gabriel Tremblay. If you’re an InfoSec Professional living and working in Canada then yes, you should become familiar with …

Read moreNorthSec | Interview with Gabriel Tremblay

THOTCON is one of the best Cybersecurity Conferences taking place in Chicago. Every year it takes place in a secret location. Originally the security event lasted a single day but evolved into two days packed full of talk, hacking villages, and other activities. In this “Spotlight” post we talk to one of the cofounders Nicholas …

Read moreTHOTCON | Interview with Nicholas J Percoco

nullcon is a premier IT Security event that takes place each year in Goa. The guys at nullcon are a super-friendly bunch and they always submit their events to our directory so yes, I’m always appreciative and delighted to help out the guys and gals as much as I can. There’s no doubt, nullcon is …

Read morenullcon | Interview with Aseem Jakhar

TROOPERS is one of the premier Cybersecurity Conferences taking place in Germany. TROOPERS, which is actually written with the year after is so the next one is TROOPERS21 is a hands-on, practitioner-led, high-value event, and certainly one of the best InfoSec events in the DACH region As was the case for most IT Security conferences …

Read moreTROOPERS | Interview with Niki Vonderwell

What Will You Learn From this Post? You’ll learn about Jack Daniel! Jack is a highly respected veteran in the Cybersecurity Community; You’ll learn why BSides is awesome and why you must get involved… What Is BSides? For those that don’t know, ‘Security BSides are ‘hacker conventions’ that provides a community-driven framework for information security …

Read moreBSides | Interview with Jack Daniel