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2016 Conference

Archived web site for RVAsec 2016 can be viewed here

All of the RVAsec 2016 conference videos are online and available for viewing at RVAsec’s YouTube channel.


After Party 2016 – Sponsored by Anomali and Guidepoint

We are pleased to announce that Anomali and Guidepoint have partnered up to host our After Party Event this year. Planning is in the works so stay tuned for further information!

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RVA5ec 2016 Speakers Announced

We had a lot of great submissions to the CFP this year!  It was extremely hard but we’ve managed to whittle it down to another great lineup for RVA5ec.

Without further delay, here are the speakers for the 2016 RVA5ec conference!

Wendy Nather (Keynote)
Andrew Hay Steve Christey
Ben Smith Andrew McNicol
Evan Johnson Juan Carlos
Brenton Kohler Troy Wojewoda
Chris Romeo Mark Weatherford
Rockie Brockway David Sirrine
Joey Peloquin Dawn-Marie Hutchinson
Michelle Schafer & Tim Wilson
Inga Goddijn & Becky Swanson
Caleb “chill” Crable & Evan “detro” Keiser

 

For detailed information about the speakers and their talks please see rvasec.com/speakers/

Thank you to everyone who submitted a proposal to the CFP–the review team had to make some tough decisions and we appreciate all the time and hard work that went into submitting.

We look forward to seeing you soon!


Come one, Come all – It’s CTF 2016 time!

The RVAsec CTF team is beginning the setup and planning phase of the 2016 conference.  As many of you know, we pride ourselves with this CTF being an all-inclusive learning CTF and not just a ‘stump the chump / who’s the best engineer in the room’ kind of CTF. That said, we need volunteers to come up with fresh ideas, challenges, and setups that are both fun and informative. Additionally, we do want to provide a challenge for those who show up looking for one, so if you are a more advanced user or admin and have some killer challenges that can stump someone, we’ll need those too for the higher tiers.

Speaking of Tiers, we plan to have 3 or 4 tiers this year and they will be as follows:

Tier 1 -Beginner

This tier will comprise the majority of the challenges and points ideally. Challenges in this category should be purely beginner level challenges. Some examples of year past are:

 Connecting to SSH and copying part of the SSH key as the flag

 Looking in web page source code for the flag

 Trivia questions related to IT / Hacking History / Etc.

 Wireshark dumps of plain text authentications

 Port and/or device identification (that’s port 25, used for SMTP, running on a Raspberry pi, identified by its MAC OUI)

Tier 2 – Moderate

This is a moderate tier geared more towards people who digging deeper into Security and the different facets it includes as well as experienced Pentesters. Some examples from the past:

 XOR code samples with python

 Heartbleed exploit to retrieve login information

 Local privilege escalation to find the Flag

 SQL injection

 MS08-67 Exploits

 Brute force SSH or SFTP sites

 DFIR recovery and artifact location

Tier 3 – Hard

The hard tier, built mainly with ‘stump the chump’ challenges that are for the seasoned CTF player and people solely after winning prizes and spending the whole con in the CTF:

 Reverse engineering samples

 Malware C2 traffic Analysis

 Chained exploits

 Ghost services that have to fuzzed

 Firmware disassembly

Tier 4 – Hardware

Hopefully, we will be able to include various hardware challenges this year with the help of HackRVA as we have in the past, this tier will be specific to the Badges but we are always open to including other Hardware or IoT related challenges in at this level, so any idea, let us know!

So all that said – Come help out! If you are interested in assisting, please send an email to Mike Bailey and we’ll add you to the mailing list going forward as we begin to work it all out.

We are looking for a sponsor for the CTF, if you are interested please contact us to discuss!

Thanks and we will provide more updates as they happen!


RVAsec 2016 CFP is now open!

The call for papers for RVA5ec 2016 is now open!

Click here to submit a talk to the CFP now!

Conference: June 2-3rd, 2016

Location: Richmond, VA

CFP Submission Deadline: March 13th, 2016 at 11:59 PM Eastern


RVAsec is a Richmond, VA based security convention that brings top industry speakers to the midatlantic region. In its third year, RVAsec 2015 attracted 365 security professionals from across the country. For 2016, the conference is a two day and dual-track format, with a mixed focus on technical and management/business presentations.

All talks must be 55 minutes in length, and submissions will need to select either technical or business/management tracks.

Join us and enjoy the perks!

For more information and requirements, or to submit, please visit:

http://rvasec.com/2016-cfp/

 


CFP Submission – 2016

******* CFP is closed for 2016! ********

CFP deadline is Sunday, March 13th, 2016 at 11:59 PM Eastern!

Click here to submit a talk to the CFP now!


RVAsec 5
June 2-3rd, 2016
Richmond, VA, on the Virginia Commonwealth University campus


RVAsec is a Richmond, VA based security convention that brings top industry speakers to the midatlantic region. In its fourth year, RVAsec 2015 attracted nearly 400 security professionals from across the country. For 2016, the conference is a two day and dual-track format, with a mixed focus on technical and management/business presentations.

All talks must be 55 minutes in length, and submissions will need to select from one of two tracks:

  • Business
  • Technical

The following types of presentations will not be accepted:

  • Sales or marketing for companies or products
  • CFP submissions from in-house or agency PR/marketing professionals
  • Talks which do not offer new insight or perspective

RVAsec will hold no copyright on presentation content, but all speakers will be required to provide approval to post slides and video recordings of the talk on the RVAsec or other web sites.


Speaker Perks

  • Free admission to RVAsec
  • Invitation to the RVAsec speaker dinner/party
  • RVAsec T-shirt, badge & attendee swag bag
  • One 50% off pass for a friend or co-worker
  • Fame and glory, internet style!
  • Opportunity to be the recipient of the RVAsec “STFU” sign

RVAsec has a limited travel budget, but speakers who request travel
assistance may be eligible for:

  • Travel allotment up to $300
  • 3 nights hotel at the Crowne Plaza Richmond Downtown
Please note that companies that fund their speaker’s travel will receive a free Associate Sponsorship Level.

Click here to submit a talk to the CFP now!

 


RVAsec 2016 – June 2-3

We’re pleased to formally announce the dates for RVAsec!

RVAsec 2016 will be held on Thursday and Friday, June 2nd and 3rd at the Commonwealth Ballroom at VCU’s University Commons.

If you are interested in speaking, keep an eye out for a CFP announcement coming shortly!

 


Kymberlee Price To Keynote RVAsec 13!

We are pleased to announce that Kymberlee Price will be keynoting RVAsec!

Kymberlee is co-founder and CEO of Zatik Security, a fractional product security consulting company whose mission is to make world-class cybersecurity expertise available to companies of all sizes. A dynamic engineering leader and public speaker known for developing high-performing multidisciplinary teams, Kymberlee is a recognized expert in the information security industry with extensive experience in product security incident response operations and bug bounties, Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL), and Open Source Security strategy.

Ms. Price speaks regularly at conferences around the world and is on the content review board for Black Hat USA where she has served the security community since 2016.


Silver Sponsor: University of Richmond School of Professional & Continuing Studies

RVAsec is pleased to announce the University of Richmond School of Professional & Continuing Studies as a Silver level sponsor for RVAsec 11!

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The School of Professional & Continuing Studies is one of five academic schools at the University of Richmond. With our mission to Enrich Lives & Careers for the 21st Century, we extend the strengths and values of a liberal arts education to Richmond’s adult students and working professionals.

https://spcs.richmond.edu

Twitter @urspcs