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SANS & NCSC are pleased to announce Cyberthreat 2023 will be taking place at the Novotel London West in Hammersmith on Monday 20th November and Tuesday 21st November 2023.

CyberThreat brings together the global cyber security community.

Designed for security practitioners and spanning the full spectrum of offensive and defensive discipline, the event has a strong technical emphasis, including case studies from the field, new security tools and encouraging collaboration on bleeding-edge techniques.

Why not test your skills and attempt our pre-reg ONLINE TECHNICAL CHALLENGES here for a chance to get yourself a discounted seat.

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About CyberThreat

Focusing on security practitioners and spanning the full spectrum of offensive and defensive disciplines, the event will have a strong technical emphasis, encouraging collaboration on bleeding edge techniques, case studies from the field and new security tools.

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The event is hosted by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and SANS Institute. CyberThreat evidences the UK Government’s commitment to equip practitioners with the skills and knowledge required to defend against cyber threats and also addresses the cyber skills gap, by developing and growing talent. CyberThreat aims to deliver the best technical conference globally for cyber security practitioners.

In addition to presentations from world-renowned cyber security experts and rising industry stars, CyberThreat features many hands-on opportunities for delegates in the form of In-person CTF events.

Why you should attend CyberThreat

  • Watch inspiring keynote presentations delivered by renowned subject matter experts in the offensive, defensive and forensic fields.
  • Take part in the CyberThreat CTF; A super-technical, unpredictable and dynamic experience that allows you to participate individual or team up with your colleagues or friends.
  • Learn from SANS experts and hear unique insight from the UK’s NCSC.
  • Network with like-minded security practitioners.
  • Attempt the interactive hackable badge challenge. Designed to test the most technically advanced delegates, the CyberThreat badge is, dare we say it, even more challenging than DEF CON’s badges.
  • And much‚ much more…

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Challenges

Why not attempt the CyberThreat23 pre-reg capture the flag challenges below to test your skills.

There are various degrees of difficulty with this years' challenges and an estimated time to retrieve a flag to get yourself a discounted in-person ticket to CyberThreat23. The first 20 practitioners to retrieve a flag will gain a complimentary in-person ticket. Thereafter, the following applies:

  • Challenge 1 (Zipnosis) = €750 plus VAT
  • Challenge 2 & 3 (Fileosophy & Whisper) = €500 plus VAT
  • Challenge 4 (EXEploration) = €250 plus VAT

Zipnosis

Difficulty: Easy

Approx. time to complete: 1 hour

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Fileosophy

Difficulty: Medium

Approx. time to complete: 30 minutes

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Whisper

Difficulty: Medium

Approx. time to complete: 1 - 2 hours

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EXEploration

Difficulty: Hard

Approx. time to complete: 5 - 8 hours

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If you have retrieved one of the flags and believe you are a winner please contact cyberthreatctf@sans.org with subject line (Pre-RegCT23) with your answer and the CyberThreat team will confirm in writing and issue an exclusive discount code for your registration.

Please note you must register yourself with your discount code within two weeks of receiving confirmation from the CyberThreat team.

Once registered, you can attempt other remaining challenges and better your previous attempt.

A maximum of five attendees per organisation may submit for a discount pass. You must be 18 years old or over in order to be eligible for this competition.

Any further questions or information, please contact cyberthreatctf@sans.org

Look back at 2022

CyberThreat22 saw us welcome over 4000 live online and 450 in-person cyber security practitioners from across the world, host many talks and run an elaborate hackable badge challenge! Another highlight was the capture the flag competition with all teams enjoying the TelNet International News station inspired game.

Curious to see what it looked and felt like? Please see highlights video below.

"The whole event was world class"
Graham Bartlett, Senior Technical Leader at Cisco
“I really enjoyed the CyberThreat experience and my hats off to you and the team. You all pulled off one hell of a great conference!”
Ryan Nolette, Lead Cloud Security Architect at Arrowstreet Capital

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"The whole event was world class; I haven't experienced anything like it before at a security event. From the submissions of papers, pre-event communications, rehearsal, right through the whole event including introduction, speakers, CTF, evening reception and even down to the name badges (which could be 'hacked'), I could not fault a single thing."

"It seemed that everyone at this event was very open and friendly, ready to collaborate to solve the CTF, discuss speaker sessions, or generally chat about topics they were passionate about. In many cases these individuals are the world-renowned experts in their field."

"I would encourage anyone with a passion for cyber security to attend this event. Never have I witnessed so many like-minded individuals who are infused with passion, but also so friendly and welcoming. You will be sure to make many new contacts, as well as some new friends."

Graham Bartlett, Senior Technical Leader at Cisco

CyberThreat22 Badge Walk Through – Part 1

CyberThreat22 Badge Walk Through – Part 2

Registration

For ALL event registration details please click here.

Agenda

CyberThreat 2023 will host some of the leading cyber security experts from around the world and will be available to attend both in-person and live online across both days. View the full agenda here.

Please note, the agenda is always subject to change. Check back regularly as you plan your time at this incredible two-day conference.

Sponsors

If you’re interested in sponsoring CyberThreat23, please contact cyberthreatsponsors@sans.org

To view our Sponsorship packages click here

Contact us

If you’d like to learn more about CyberThreat and want to speak to one of our organisers, please use the contact details below

Tel: +44(0) 203 384 3470 (9am-5pm BST/GMT Mon-Fri)

For general enquiries please contact: cyberthreat@sans.org

For speaking and Call for Paper enquiries please contact: cyberthreatcfp@sans.org

For Capture the Flag or Online Challenges enquiries please contact: cyberthreatctf@sans.org

For Schools attendance at CyberThreat please contact: cyberthreatschools@sans.org

For all Sponsorship enquiries please contact: cyberthreatsponsors@sans.org

Twitter: twitter.com/SANSEMEA #CyberThreat

Code of Conduct

All participants at CyberThreat are required to agree and adhere to the following code of conduct to help us achieve a safe and positive event experience for everyone. As organisers of this event, the NCSC Team and SANS are dedicated to providing a positive learning and sharing experience for all participants. We there for expect participants to conduct themselves appropriately. Unacceptable behaviour includes intimidating, harassing, abusive, discriminatory, derogatory, or demeaning conduct by any participant at our events or online communities including Twitter and other online media.

Harassment includes offensive verbal comments related to gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, race, ethnicity, religion, technology choices, sexual images in public spaces, deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, harassing photography or recording, sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention. If a participant engages in behaviour that violates this code of conduct, the CyberThreat team may take any action they deem appropriate, including warning the offender or expulsion from the conference with no refund.

If you are being harassed, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, please contact a member of conference staff immediately. If you have any concern about inappropriate behaviour you witness at the event or online, please report this anonymously by emailing cyberthreat@sans.org and we will look into this and respond appropriately. In-person event staff can be identified by EVENT badges or can be found at the Information Desk.