Category: Announcement

RVA5ec Registration Is Now Open!

December 16, 2015
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Tickets for RV45ec are now on sale!

Early registration price is only $125 for great speakers, food and beverages, t-shirt, swag, parking and more!

RV4sec’s base ticket price for 2015 is $150 and will be in place on 3/1–so don’t wait! And if that’s not enough incentive to purchase your tickets early, late registrations (after 4/21) will be $225!

Don’t forget all the things you get with registration, including 2 full days of talks, meals, snacks, drinks, reception, after party, prizes, a capture the flag contest, t-shirt & swag!

Once we sell out there will be no more tickets available.

So, to recap the conference prices:

  • $125 discounted price until 2/29
  • $150 regular price until 4/20
  • $225 late registration until 5/26
  • $350 super late registration until 6/1

 

If you are unable to attend due to the price, please contact us to discuss as we do have stipends available and volunteer opportunities are a great way to get in for free! Once again there will be no tickets sold at the door, and don’t forget that RV4sec has sold out every year–so don’t wait!

Register now!

RVAsec 2016 CFP is now open!

December 14, 2015
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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/

 

RVAsec 2016 – June 2-3

December 7, 2015
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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!

 

RV4sec 2015 Recap

June 11, 2015
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We have finally recovered from RV4sec and wanted to bring you a quick recap!  We sold 386 tickets this year, and was on par for attendance from the previous year.  It was great to see so many new faces this year and we hoped everyone had a great time.

What were thrilled to bring you:

  • RVAsec 6 pack cooler bag stuffed with swag
  • Capture The Flag with live bug hunting sponsored by UNOS!
  • RVAsec t-shirt with “Inside the Mind of the Hacker” logo designed by 14-year-old @AylaMadison
  • Post-con reception with adult beverages (and more food) with great Passport prizes
  • After party sponsored by Rapid7, GuidePoint and nVisium!

 

What to expect in the coming weeks:

  • Surveys should be sent out shortly, please take the time to provide us your valuable feedback
  • Slides will be posted
  • Videos will be posted to the RVAsec YouTube channel.
  • We hope to be able to post up a CTF recap as well

 

Thanks again to all our our speakers, sponsors and volunteers!

Next year, RVAs5c will be June 2-3, 2016.

See you next year.

Jake and Chris

After Party Update: Sponsored By Rapid7, Guidepoint and Nvisium!

June 2, 2015
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We have a few quick updates about the after party brought to you by Rapid7, Guidepoint and Nvisium have all come together to sponsor the RVAsec after party!

The after party will be held at The Vintage Room above Pearl Raw Bar on Thursday, June 4th at 6:30pm!

The event takes place shortly after day one of the conference ends–and it is a quick walk over so you can head right from VCU for some cocktails and food!

If you plan to attend, please register to ensure we have enough staff & space reserved!

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/rv4sec-after-party

Event Details:

The Vintage Room is above Pearl Raw Bar. Please enter The Vintage Room to the left of the of the main entrance to Pearl.

Thursday June 4th 6:30pm-8:30PM (maybe longer!)
2229 West Main Street Richmond, VA 23220
(804) 353-2424

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Thanks again to our sponsors for making sure RVAsec attendees will be well taken care of this year!

 

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Silver Sponsor Feature: Sun Management

June 2, 2015
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Sun Management

https://www.sunmanagement.net/

 

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Sun Management is a dedicated group of sales and engineering professionals focused on introducing leading-edge, disruptive technologies to corporate and government organizations, providing solutions to their evolving IT security needs. Sun Management has served the Federal and Commercial DC Metro, MD, PA, VA, WVA markets for over 11 years.

 

CTF Update

June 1, 2015
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We caught up with Nick Popovich from the RV4sec CTF team and he had some great information to share with us!

The RV4sec CTF is next week, and is going to be the most intense CTF the 804 has ever seen! Here’s what’s new and amazing this year. Also you’ll want to read on for some info that will aide you during the event.

New:

1). We have what most folks expect: the RV4sec CTF with new challenges and our smiling faces.

2). Bugcrowd will be onsite, and all LIVE, REAL vulns in the Bugrcrowd bug bounty system that CTF participants submit during the event will be checked on the spot. Points for the CTF will be awarded if the submitted bugs are accepted as valid by Bugcrowd.

3). GE has partnered with us and will have their Ghost Red CTF running with MANY amazing challenges (including hacking a simulated nuclear power plant). All points for Ghost Red will also be added to total RV4sec CTF score.

4). Last but certainly not least, the HackRVA folks have included CTF challenges in the RV4sec badges. That’s right, you can tinker with your badges and find “keys” or “flags” and submit those into the RV4sec CTF scoreboard for points.The scoreboard also has clues (for all the challenges).

Info:

There will be three systems that folks can register for that will count towards their total score for the CTF:

1). The RV4sec CTF scoreboard.
2). The Bugcrowd system via the Internet (click here for more info for Bugcrowd)
3). The GE Ghost Red CTF scoreboard

The Bugcrowd info linked to above has some values for “points” but that is for the Bugcrowd system only. We will be adjusting the point values for Bugcrowd vulns for the CTF to match our points system. But obviously, the harder/neater the vuln is to exploit, the more points you’ll get.

It is CRAZY important that in all the systems you choose THE SAME USERNAME, and append “_rvasec” without quotes to your username. I’ll say it again. CHOOSE SAME USERNAME IN ALL SYSTEMS and AND “_rvasec” without quotes to your username. if you don’t the points won’t be added up for all your hard work across the systems.

Example: If i want my username to be pipefish, I would put pipefish_rvasec in when creating accounts in all 3 systems.

I know some App Devs, DBA’s and IT folks are scowling now, asking why we don’t have API’s or some consolidated system that curates all the data from the three systems and shows a single leaderboard. To you I say… maybe next year 😉 This year, we have three systems, and that’s that.

We’ve got some rad prizes too including a OnePlus phone loaded with NetHunter courtesy of Offsec, Netsparker licenses, WiebeTech Forensic ComboDock v5, USB-WiFi-Premium KeyGrabber and a Yubikey NEO!

Win Amazing Things With Passport for Prizes!

June 1, 2015
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After last year was such a great success, we are brining back Passport For Prizes again this year!

Each attendee will receive a Passport at registration. If you want to play, then you must visit each sponsor table on the passport and obtain a signature, initials or stamp on your Passport–you must complete the entire Passport (yes, including contact information) in order to be eligible for the prize drawings, which will be held at the reception on Friday. You must be present at the reception to win.

What can you win?

  • Exclusive RV4sec speaker beer mugs (set of 2) provided by richSEC
  • Not just one, but two “Mystery Bags Of Shit” provided by richSEC (in honor of Jericho – this prize also comes with peer pressure to blog about the contents!).
  • $100 gift card provided by Sunera
  • Beats Headphones – Red – Solo HD Special Edition provided by Trend Micro
  • GoPro provided by SLAIT Consutling
  • Toucan Wireless Bluetooth Speaker provided by Rapid7
  • GoPro Hero 3 provided by Netskope
  • $100 Visa Card provided by CORE Security
  • $100 Amazon Gift Card provided by Pulse Secure
  • Visual Land Prestige Elite 9″ Tablet 8GB Quad Core & Keyboard Case provided by Capitol Technology University
  • Fitbit Charge HR™ Wireless Heart Rate + Activity Wristband provided by Bit9

RV4sec Registration Is Now Closed!

May 31, 2015
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We are pleased to announce that RV4sec 2015 registration is now closed and we look forward to a great event! In the coming days we will provide some additional information about the conference to everyone registered.

There is a bit more time left to register for the training classes but act fast!

See you soon!

Last Week To Register & Sell Out Risk High!

May 27, 2015
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There are only a few days left to get tickets for RVAsec, and remember we will not be selling tickets at the door!

And if that’s not enough incentive to purchase your tickets right this second, and you still want to attend you better think about pulling the trigger soon as we are reaching our capacity for this year!

We do have plenty of space left for training and suggest you take advantage of this great opportunity to attend classes locally in Richmond at affordable prices!

What to expect at RVAsec:

  • RVAsec bag stuffed with swag
  • Capture The Flag with live bug hunting!
  • RVAsec t-shirt with “Inside the Mind of the Hacker” logo designed by 14-year-old
  • Post-con reception with adult beverages (and more food) on Friday
  • After party sponsored by Rapid7, GuidePoint and nVisium!