Category: Event

RVAsec 13 Registration Open!

January 15, 2024
AnnouncementConferenceEvent

Tickets for RVAsec 2024 are now on sale!

Registration for the RVAsec 13 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 5/1
  • $475 late registration until 5/24
  • $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 (6/4 and 6/5), 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 12 “Passport to Prizes” Contest

June 13, 2023
Event

passport-2023We are again having the Passport for Prizes event at RVAsec 12! This event gives you the opportunity to win some awesome prizes from our participating sponsors. 

Visit 10 sponsor’s tables and get their initials or signature in the corresponding box. When completed, return your entry to registration for a chance to win.

Note: Your business information must be complete to be eligible*, and you must be present at the reception on Wednesday to win.

  • RVAsec “Mystery Bags” (2)
  • Arctic Wolf – Amazon gift card
  • Assura – Flipper Zero
  • Avertium – North Face backpack & h2go Camper Mug
  • Check Point – Bose Tempo sports audio sunglasses
  • Cloudflare – 27L Yeti backpack
  • Cohesity – TIMBUK2 backpack
  • Corelight – Amazon Gift Card
  • Cribl – JBL portable waterproof speaker
  • CrowdStrike – Ember mug
  • ExtraHop Networks – Apple AirPods
  • Exabeam – Star Wars Lego set
  • Gigamon – Amazon gift card
  • Guidepoint Security – Best Buy gift card
  • InterVision – Visa gift card & Koozie backpack cooler
  • Lacework – Bose SoundLink bluetooth speaker
  • Netscout – Igloo Maddox XL Cooler & YETI Rambler
  • Netskope – JBL Tune 600 headphones
  • Palo Alto Networks – Waterford Crystal shot glasses
  • Red Canary – Gift card
  • Rubrik – Yeti Hopper Cooler
  • Safebreach – Solo Stove Mini Mesa Tabletop Fire Pit
  • SEGRA – Leather duffle bag
  • SentinelOne – AirPod Pro headphones
  • Sumo Logic – Pilsner gift set
  • Tanium – Fanatics gift card
  • Tidal Cyber – Amazon gift card
  • WIZ – Away rolling luggage

* Note: Contact information will be shared with Passport sponsors.

RVAsec 11 After Party — Illusions, Comedy, Mentalism — Register Now!

May 25, 2022
AnnouncementEvent

The RVAsec 11 after party, brought to you by GuidePoint Security and RVAsec, will be at in the main Omni Ballroom on Thursday, June 16th, right after the conference ends!

  • 5:00pm to 7:30pm: Food/Beverage
  • 5:30ish: Show Begins!

Chris Michael…Illusions, comedy, mentalism, music, and endless fun—all wrapped into one magical show. Chris’ unique blend of light-hearted but POWERFUL magic and humor have been dazzling audiences for 10+ years! Chris has been blessed to travel the world bringing fun and happiness to Fortune 500 companies, colleges and universities, and even major sporting events—he’s done shows for GE, US Army, Marriott International, Amazon, facebook, the FBI and multiple conferences and events.

This is an exclusive event, so you must be registered to attend or you will not be allowed entrance–no exceptions!

Important Notes:

  • You must use the same email you used to register to RVAsec.
  • Each attendee must have his/her own name listed (duplicates will be deleted).
  • If you are not registered for RVAsec,  your ticket will be deleted. 
  • Age Restriction: You must be 21 and over to drink alcohol. Non-alcoholic beverages will be available.

Even if you have a ticket for RVAsec and said that you wanted to attend during the signup process, you MUST now registered for the party!

Register For The After Party Now!

If you haven’t bought a ticket for the RVAsec conference yet, now is the time…. click this link, you know you want to!

Or if you know better, don’t click that link, copy and paste this (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/223787804347) in and purchase that ticket!

RVAsec 10 After Party — Live Band: Monkey Fist — Register Now!

October 20, 2021
AnnouncementConferenceEvent

The RVAsec 10 after party, brought to you by Risk Based Security and GuidePoint Security, will be at in the main Omni Ballroom on Thursday, November 4th, right after the conference ends!

  • 5:30pm to 7pm: Food/Beverage
  • 7pm to 10pm: Monkey Fist  plays

Monkey Fist has been amazing audiences in the Central Virginia area since 2006 with a high-energy rock show that promises stellar musicianship and vocals, and a wide range of musical selections: from 80’s anthems to today’s new rock and everything in between.

This is an exclusive event, so you must be registered to attend or you will not be allowed entrance–no exceptions!

Important Notes:

  • You must use the same email you used to register to RVAsec.
  • Each attendee must have their own name listed (duplicates will be deleted).
  • If you are not registered for RVAsec,  your ticket will be deleted.

Even if you have a ticket for RVAsec and said that you wanted to attend during the signup process, you MUST now registered for the party!

Register For The After Party Now!

If you haven’t bought a ticket for the RVAsec conference yet, now is the time…. click this link, you know you want to!

Or if you know better, don’t click that link, copy and paste this (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rvasec-2021-security-conference-tickets-86646133919) in and purchase that ticket!

Book Your Hotel Room for RVAsec 2021 Now!

September 27, 2021
AnnouncementEventHotel

We recently were onsite at the Omni in preparation for RVAsec 10 taking place November 4-5, 2021.  RVAsec has the entire hotel for the event and plenty of space to celebrate our 10th year!

We ask that you please book your hotel room as soon as possible to assist with our planning as we get back in person.  In order to have the entire hotel, we do need to have a significant amount of hotel rooms as part of the conference.  We ask that you please consider staying at the hotel this year.  The hotel block will expire on October 22, 2021 and be advised that we will not be able to assist after that date has passed.

For the conference rate, call 1-800-the-Omni or(804) 344-7000 and ask for the “RVAsec Conference 2021” rate.  You can also directly book on the Omni Richmond website.

While onsite, we spent time working on the new layout for the conference, but also spent considerable time discussing how we will implement precautions to make sure the event is as safe as possible and comfortable for our attendees.

We will continue to monitor the situation in Richmond, VA, however, as of now Virginia has not mandated masks for individuals that are vaccinated, but is strongly encouraging them.  We will continue to work with the hotel and put in place the necessary safety measures.  

We want to assure everyone that we are taking the utmost COVID safety precautions including extreme spacing out of vendor and session areas, single-serving food, sanitizing stations, among other things.  More information will be provided as it becomes available.

Registration is open and we ask that if you are planning to attend please register ASAP.  This will greatly help the conference!

https://rvasec.com/rvasec-2021-registration-is-open/ 

We understand that everyone has their own risk model, but we are excited to be with you in person in November!

-Jake and Chris

After Conference Reception Sponsor: Corelight

March 15, 2020
AnnouncementConferenceEvent

We are pleased to announce that Corelight are sponsoring our After Conference Reception on Wednesday, 6th May. The Reception will be held in the Commonwealth Ballroom directly after the last talk on Wednesday afternoon. Thank you to Corelight, and we look forward to seeing you all there!

Corelight makes powerful network traffic analysis (NTA) solutions that transform network traffic into rich logs, extracted files, and security insights, helping security teams achieve more effective incident response, threat hunting, and forensics. Corelight Sensors run on Zeek (formerly called “Bro”), the open-source network security monitoring tool used by thousands of organizations worldwide. Corelight’s family of network sensors dramatically simplify the deployment and management of Zeek and expand its performance and capabilities. Corelight is based in San Francisco, California and its global customers include Fortune 500 companies, large government agencies, and major research universities.

Come see us at RVAsec. Register now!

RVAsec 8 CTF Sponsored by Capital One

May 14, 2019
CTFEvent

It’s that time of year again! RVAsec is right around the corner, and the MetaCTF Team as well as a small army of volunteers are hard at work preparing some exciting challenges for this year’s competition. In keeping with the format of the past several years, we’ll be running a practice CTF on the first day of the conference (Wednesday, May 22nd). This will be a great opportunity to get familiar with the platform, and if you’ve never done a CTF before, a perfect time to try one out with plenty of people on hand to help!

On Day 2 (Thursday, May 23rd), we’ll be running the actual competition. Even though it will contain some hard challenges, this is a learning CTF – not a stump-the-chump competition. As such, there will be plenty of challenges including lockpicking, recon, web & binary exploitation, forensics/IR, and more designed for people of all levels and backgrounds. Additionally, you may choose to compete as an individual or form teams of up to 4 people – there are separate prize categories for both.

You will need an updated Kali machine, but we will provide everything else. In addition, we’re excited to announce that Capital One will be sponsoring the CTF this year!

Below is a list of some of the skills/topics that have been covered in previous years:

Entry Level: Primarily aimed at beginners and those with a less technical background, focusing on basic infosec skills and concepts.

  • Rot N encoding
  • Google Fu / OSINT
  • Examining website source code
  • Basic file analysis (eg. file, strings)
  • Trivia

Intermediate: Expect to begin taking a deep dive into the core categories by finding and exploiting vulnerabilities, cracking passwords, etc.

  • Extracting objects from Wireshark dump
  • SQL Injection
  • Recovering and analyzing forensic artifacts
  • Cracking password hashes (using john, Hashcat, etc)
  • Reverse Engineering and Disassembly

Hard: For our battle-hardened, seasoned CTF players which will challenge competitors to truly think outside the box, crack encryption, exploit binaries, and more.

  • Blacklist filter evasion for SQL Injection
  • Binary Exploitation (buffer overflows and ROP chains!)
  • Cracking RSA Encryption
  • Multi-step OSINT investigation
  • Hardware / Wireless 🙂

Finally, good luck to everyone, and we’ll see you in Richmond soon!

CapitalOne

RVAsec 8 After Party at The Circuit — Register Now!

May 9, 2019
ConferenceEvent

The RVAsec 8 after party brought to you by RVAsec, Risk Based Security, and GuidePoint Security, will be at the awesome Circuit Arcade Bar on Wednesday, May 22nd, right after the conference!

This is an exclusive event with limited availability, so you must be registered to attend or you will not be allowed entrance–no exceptions! RVAsec registration does not guarantee a spot at the after party.

Important Notes:

  • You must use the same email you used to register to RVAsec.
  • Each attendee must have his/her own name listed (duplicates will be deleted).
  • If you are not registered for RVAsec,  your ticket will be deleted.

Wed, May 22, 2019
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM

The Circuit is located at:

3121 W. Leigh St
Richmond, Virginia 23230

The Circuit is an arcade bar in the Scott’s Addition Beverage District of Richmond, VA. We have a growing family of 70 arcade games, pinball machines, and skeeball lanes, as well as a forever rotating 50-tap beer wall boasting both local and national favorites.

This is an exclusive event with limited availability, so you must be registered to attend and bring your RVAsec badge or you will not be allowed entrance–no exceptions!

Even if you have a ticket for RVAsec and said that you wanted to attend during the signup process, you MUST now registered for the party!

Register Now!

Speaker Feature: Derek Banks

May 6, 2019
AnnouncementEvent

www.blackhillsinfosec.com

@0xderuke

Derek has over 20 years of experience in the Information Technology industry as a systems administrator for multiple operating system platforms and monitoring and defending those systems from potential intruders. He has worked in the aerospace, defense, banking, manufacturing, and software development industries. Derek has experience with forensics, incident response, penetration testing and red teaming.

Compliance, Techincal Controls, and You

Information Security compliance without enforcement through technical controls is just checking boxes. On the other hand, technical controls without the backing of compliance through effective policy and management support can equate to just playing with the latest bright and shiny security related hardware and software. We will walk through effective and popular techniques used by attackers. Then the compliance and technical controls that are designed to detect and mitigate these techniques will be discussed in depth .

Come and see Derek at RVAsec! Register now.

 

Speaker Dinner Sponsor: Varonis

May 1, 2019
AnnouncementConferenceEvent

We are very pleased to welcome Varonis as our Speaker Dinner Sponsor for Tuesday 21st May!

www.varonis.com   @varonis

Register Now!

Varonis

We arm our customers with an industry-leading platform that is built to protect the world’s most valuable and most vulnerable data. Varonis starts at the heart – with data – so our customers are prepared to defend their data against attacks from inside and out. Our platform eliminates repetitive, manual clean-up projects and automates manual data protection routines, so we bring security and cost-savings together – maybe for the first time in cybersecurity history.

 

Come see us at RVAsec. Register Now!