Forum
Every year, PHDays hosts talks by developers, security experts, and hackers from all over the world. Roundtables, both public and closed, bring together government figures, corporate executives (CIO/CISO), and top specialists from the banking, telecom, oil and gas, manufacturing, and IT industries. Globally renowned experts hold workshops and hands-on labs.
The agenda reflects the needs of the entire community, including the timeliest topics in digital security:
- Innovations in hacking information systems and methods in applied security
- Approaches to security in the age of the Internet of Things
- Protection of critical infrastructure
- Physical security in the IT context
- Fraud and cybercrime
- Detection and investigation of security incidents
- Creation and improvement of security products
- Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDL)
Talks and roundtables
PHDays hosts talks by security professionals, closed and public roundtables with opinion leaders, and hands-on labs with prominent experts.
Hacking challenges
The venue will be filled with contests: hack an ATM, smart home, surveillance cameras, IoT devices, smart cars, and much more. At the center of the forum is The Standoff, a 30-hour cyberbattle between teams of attackers, defenders, and security operations centers (SOCs).
Reviews
Bruce Schneier
The Chief Technology Officer of IBM Resilient, a fellow at Harvard's Berkman Center, and a board member of EFFWe have been organizing security conferences for more than ten years. The major part of them are boring corporate events. However, this conference is something completely different. It not only inspires, it is very practical and quite counter-cultural.
Nick Galbreath
CTO and Founder of Signal SciencesDefcon has a competitor now. It's nice.
Travis Goodspeed
An innovative security researcherIt's this coziness to it that conferences of this size rarely have.
Marc "van Hauser" Heuse
The Hacker's ChoicePHDays is special because of combining hackers and business together.
Jeff Katz
OpenBeaconPHDays has been very impressive. It's a combination of being very well organized and having a lot of great content. The location is also fantastic.
Fun and games
Who says hackers don't know how to have fun? PHDays will have an art exhibition, contests with arcade games, and souvenirs available for purchase.
