Category: Announcement

RVAsec 14 Speaker Announcements

April 14, 2025
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This year for RVAsec 14 we are announcing speakers in small batches!  Tickets are still available.

While there are still more speakers to announce and the exact schedule is coming, keep an eye on https://rvasec14.sched.com/directory/speakers to read more about each speaker and see their talk abstracts!

  • Christofer Hoff – Keynote
  • Bruce Potter – Keynote
  • Dan Holden – CISO Of 2030 (a sequel of CISO of 2025)
  • Philippe Caturegli – Internal Domain Name Collision 2.0
  • Nick Copi – Following The JSON Path: A Road Paved in RCE
  • Travis Altman – Running A Proper Purple Team
  • Nicholas Popovich & Mike Bailey – Attacking & Defending ServiceNow: A Hands-on Lab for Red & Blue Teams
  • Morgan Stuart – Large Language Models for Hackers

Stay tuned for additional speaker announcements coming soon!

And if you haven’t purchased your ticket yet, get them here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rvasec-2025-security-conference-tickets-1107090370099

Bruce Potter To Keynote RVAsec 14!

February 19, 2025
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We are pleased to announce that Bruce Potter will be keynoting RVAsec 14!

Bruce Potter has been doing cybersecurity for 30 years, which makes him kind of old. Bruce is currently the CEO and founder of Turngate, a SaaS audit log analysis company. Prior to that Bruce served as CISO at several companies including Clear Street, Expel, and the KeyW Corporation.

Bruce is the founder of The Shmoo Group and assisted with running ShmooCon, a cybersecurity conference that ran for the last 20 years in Washington DC. Bruce has done DARPA research, led red teams, broken large networks (in good and bad ways), and even helped bring Internet service to remote parts of Alaska in the mid-90’s.

Tickets are on sale now for RVAsec 14!

Christofer Hoff To Keynote RVAsec 14!

February 14, 2025
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We are pleased to announce that Christofer Hoff will be keynoting RVAsec 14!

Christofer Hoff joined LastPass as Chief Secure Technology Officer in 2022, bringing more than 29 years of experience in high-profile global roles in network, application and information security architecture, software development, engineering, operations, and management. Before joining LastPass, Christofer had multiple cyber security leadership roles at Bank of America. His previous roles include Chief Information Security Officer at Citadel, Vice President and Security CTO at Juniper Networks, and Director of Cloud & Virtualization Solutions at Cisco Systems, among other security-focused roles.

In addition to his professional leadership responsibilities, Chris takes an active role in engaging youth in the impact of technology, privacy and security on society and culture as founder of HacKid, an interactive STEAM conference for parents and kids from diverse backgrounds.  Chris was a founding member of and technical advisor to the Cloud Security Alliance and serves as an advisor to numerous companies and organizations.

Tickets are on sale now for RVAsec 14!

RVAsec 14 Registration Now Open!

January 14, 2025
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Tickets for RVAsec 2025 are now on sale!

Registration for the RVAsec 14 security conference, located in Richmond, Virginia, is only $275 (to start) for two 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 and we do not have tickets for purchase at the door onsite.

Conference ticket prices and deadlines:**

  • $275 special price for the first 100 tickets!
  • $375 regular price until 3/31
  • $475 late registration until 5/26
  • $575 super late registration until 6/2 or until tickets sell out

We also again have the RVAsec Marriott Hotel Package available until 5/10! The conference + Marriott hotel package is $650 and includes:

  • Two night’s stay at the Richmond Marriott Downtown (6/2 and 6/3), including taxes+fees (card needed at check-in for incidentals)
  • RVAsec conference admission
  • Custom Hack.RVA Electronic badge (the only way to guarantee one of the limited electronic badges)
  • T-Shirt
  • Bag
  • Meals & snacks
  • Events

** If you are unable to attend due to the price, please contact us to discuss as we have stipends available for students, and we have a volunteer opportunities that provide a great way to get in for free!

Once again there will be no tickets sold at the door–and RVAsec has sold out every year–don’t wait!  We are unable to provide refunds due to processing fees.  You can, however, easily transfer your ticket to another person.

Register now!

RVAsec 14 CFP is now open!

December 16, 2024
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The call for papers for RVAsec 14 is now open!

Click here to submit a talk to the CFP now!

Conference: June 3-4th, 2025

Location: Richmond, VA

CFP Submission Deadline:  March 23rd, 2025 at 11:59 PM Eastern

RVAsec is a Richmond, VA based security convention that brings top industry speakers to the midatlantic region. Last year, RVAsec attracted over 850 security professionals from across the country. For 2025, the conference is a two day and three track format, with a mixed focus on technical, management/business and 101 presentations.

Information:

  • Conference location: Richmond, VA
  • Dates: June 3-4, 2025
  • All talks must be 50 minutes in length
  • Presenters will need to select Technical, Business/Management, or 101 tracks.
  • While we welcome foreign speakers, we are unable provide sponsorship for entry to the U.S.

We try to treat our speakers well with a special VIP event, gifts, and travel assistance (if possible). Join us at RVAsec and enjoy the perks!

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

https://forms.gle/fe85Ye4Trw34X72t6

 

RVAsec 14 – June 3-4, 2025

November 1, 2024
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RVAsec 14 will be held on June 3-4, 2025.

Block your schedules now as this will be the conference to attend!

Location:
Downtown Richmond Marriott
500 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, USA, 23219

Ticket sales and the CFP should both open in a couple weeks.

Sponsorships are already underway, if you are interested please contact us.

If you haven’t been able to attend RVAsec in the past, check out what to expect on our YouTube channel.

RVAsec 13 Mobile App

May 30, 2024
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Looking for the RVAsec 13 schedule? Want to know the room layout? Want to engage with fellow attendees or speakers?

Download the RVAsec Mobile App!

You can easily download the Sched app for iOS or Android (search Sched in the app store).  After downloading, you can log into Sched (should be synced with your ticket purchase). You can set your own agenda so you won’t miss a thing, as well as provide speaker feedback as soon as the talk is over. You can find maps, a directory and even engage with speakers, sponsors and attendees.  

If you don’t want to install the application, the RVAsec (m.rvasec.com) is available also for mobile.

Features

Personal Agendas
Plan out your own schedule in advance to get the most out of RVAsec.

Breaks and Menus
Find details on the breaks, and the menu options

Personalized Profile
Add a photo, bio, and connect your social media profiles, you can decide if you want to be listed in the attendee directory.

Announcements
Stay in the know if there are any updates or schedule changes

Chat
Engage with attendees, speakers and sponsors that have opt-in

Sponsor Directory
Find a listing of all sponsors that are supporting and exhibiting at RVAsec

Speaker Directory
Easily review speakers and their background.

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Lockpick Village & Contest Sponsored by Rotas Security

May 21, 2024
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Join us at the RVAsec Lockpick Village! 

Test your skills on a range of locks, including mini-doors, from easy to challenging, with a variety of picks at your disposal.

Never picked a lock? Fret not! We have very beginner-friendly options available, as well as instructors to assist in your lockpicking education and adventures.

Think you’re a top-notch picker or want to challenge yourself? Then plan to enter our timed contest! Race through a series of locks and compete for the fastest time to win a prize.

To ensure everyone’s safety, we’ll provide hand sanitizer for use while you explore the ancient art of lockpicking.

Come by and have a blast with the team!

Rotas Security provides focused offensive cybersecurity solutions fortifying the security posture of organizations. We are experts in adversarial simulation, advanced persistent threat emulation, penetration testing, red teaming, attack surface analysis, and threat hunting.

Capture The Flag (CTF) Run By MetaCTF and Sponsored By CoreLight

May 20, 2024
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The RVAsec Capture the Flag (CTF) competition is once again run by MetaCTF and sponsored by Corelight!

Capture the Flag is a hands-on security competition where participants are tasked with solving a variety of challenges covering a range of topics and difficulties with the goal of finding “flags.” Like last year, the competition will include both a jeopardy-style and an attack & defense component.

This CTF is beginner friendly. If you’ve never participated in one before, this is the perfect opportunity to start! We’ll host platform walkthroughs and provide a practice environment on Day 1 of the conference to help participants prepare. The actual competition will take place on Day 2. Among others, challenge categories will include web exploitation, reverse engineering, OSINT, cryptography, forensics, and binary exploitation.

This year the CTF is being held in the middle of the Expo hall. The action and energy is going to be the highlight of the conference this year!

Tuesday: 1 PM to 4 PM – CTF prep, stop by the CTF area anytime

Wednesday: 10 AM to 3 PM – CTF

You’ll need a laptop to participate. You may compete as an individual or in a team of up to 4. We have over $2,000 in prizes, plus free training and 2025 RVAsec conference tickets. 

Check out https://metactf.com/prep for additional preparation instructions.

MetaCTF is a cyber skills platform that helps companies assess, recruit, retain, and upskill cyber talent. We specialize in competition-based exercises, such as on-demand labs, traditional jeopardy-style CTFs, and attack & defense CTFs that can be used for tool/skill training, secure coding, security awareness, and more. If you’re interested in hands-on exercises or labs for your team, reach out to us at contact@metactf.com or learn more at https://metactf.com/