After a ton of submissions by designers on 99designs, and a round of voting from the RVAsec community (that we are pretty sure was tampered with this time!), we are pleased to show off the RVAsec 7 logo
You will see variations on this logo throughout the coming weeks & at the conference. Register now and you are very likely to end up with this on a shirt!
Elissa Shevinsky is a serial entrepreneur. She helped launch Geekcorps (acquired), Everyday Health (IPO) and Brave ($35M ICO.) Shevinsky is currently consulting for crypto startups, and doing research on container security
Whether it’s an unsecured Kubernetes configuration or the Meltdown/Spectre exploits, there is always a way into your company’s seemingly secure container infrastructure. We’ll take a tour of the most surprising container exploits – and how to use tools like SSL and VPNs to create a strong defense for your own environment.
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Joshua Corman is a Founder of I am The Cavalry (dot org) and CSO for PTC. Corman previously served as Director of the Cyber Statecraft Initiative for the Atlantic Council, CTO for Sonatype, Director of Security Intelligence for Akamai, and in senior research & strategy roles for The 451 Group and IBM Internet Security Systems. He co-founded RuggedSoftware and IamTheCavalry to encourage new security approaches in response to the world’s increasing dependence on digital infrastructure. Josh’s unique approach to security in the context of human factors, adversary motivations and social impact has helped position him as one of the most trusted names in security. He also serves as an adjunct faculty for Carnegie Mellon’s Heinz College and on the Congressional Task Force for Healthcare Industry Cybersecurity.
We had many great submissions to the CFP this year! It was extremely hard but the CFP team has managed to select a great lineup for RVAsec 2018.
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.
Without further delay, here are the speakers for the RVAsec 2018!
For the full details and times for specific talks, please see the schedule page.
Ticket are selling quickly so if you haven’t now is the time to register if you haven’t yet!
We are pleased to announce that Katie Moussouris, CEO of, Luta Security will be keynoting RVAsec 2018!
Luta Security is a company offering unparalleled expertise to create robust vulnerability coordination programs. Luta Security specializes in governments and multi-party supply chain vulnerability coordination.
Ms. Moussouris recently testified as an expert on bug bounties & the labor market for security research for the US Senate, and has also been called upon for European Parliament hearings on dual-use technology. She was later invited by the US State Department to help renegotiate the Wassenaar Arrangement, which she successfully helped change the export control language to include technical exemptions for vulnerability disclosure and incident response.
She is a coauthor of an economic research paper on the labor market for bugs, published as a book chapter by MIT Press in 2017, and presented on the first system dynamics model of the vulnerability economy & exploit market in 2015, as part of her academic work as a visiting scholar at MIT Sloan School.
She has over 20 years of pioneering leadership in information security, as a former penetration tester at @stake , to creating Microsoft Vulnerability Research, the first MS Bug bounties, and advising the US Department of Defense for years resulting in the launch of the Hack-the-Pentagon program. She is also an author and co-editor of standards ISO 29147 Vulnerability disclosure and ISO 30111 Vulnerability handling processes.
Since 1993, Check Point has been dedicated to providing customers with uncompromised protection against all types of threats, reducing security complexity and lowering total cost of ownership. We are committed to staying focused on customer needs and developing solutions that redefine the security landscape today and in the future.
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At Advanced Network Systems, we love helping organizations reach their business goals, and solve operational challenges, with the right information technology. We live and breathe IT, and are experts at combining the right people, products and processes to achieve successful business outcomes.
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DHG is a top 20 consulting firm with 25+ offices and 2,000+ employees, serving clients in all 50 states and internationally. We provide the following Information Security and Cybersecurity services to public and private entities: Staff Augmentation, Deliverables-based Projects, IT Risk Assessments, IT Audit and Compliance Assessments, Security Framework Consulting and Compliance (NIST, ISO, SANS, etc.), Third Party Risk Management – IT Assessments of Vendors, SOC 1, 2, and 3 Audits, Cloud Security Assessments, Application Security Assessments, BCP & DRP Services, PCI QSA Consulting, HIPAA / HITRUST Consulting, Penetration Testing & Network Security Assessments, Open Source Intelligence Research, Social Engineering Assessments, Data Privacy & Security Consulting, Data Classification & Governance.
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We are very pleased to announce that Guidepoint and Risk Based Security have partnered up to host our After Party event this year. Planning is in the works so stay tuned for further information!
We are rewriting the rules on how organizations protect themselves against rapidly evolving adversaries. Today’s threat environment requires understanding the adversary and attack landscape. Since our start in 2012, our technology has stopped the world’s most advanced cyber attacks. And we harbor even greater ambitions.
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