Speakers
AUSCERT has an unparalleled track-record of hosting the best information security speakers in the world.
Keynote Speakers
Piotr Kijewski
Piotr is the CEO and a Trustee at The Shadowserver Foundation, a non-profit organization with a mission of making the Internet a more secure environment. He also manages Shadowserver’s large-scale data threat collection and sharing projects, as well as National CSIRT relationships. Piotr has over 20 years of operational experience in cybersecurity and incident response. He headed CERT.PL (CERT Polska) building up its various security data gathering and analysis projects as well as managing its anti-malware operations, including numerous botnet disruptions. Piotr is also a member of the Honeynet Project (where he has also served on the Board of Directors), a well-known and respected non-profit that is committed to the development of honeypot technologies and threat analysis. He is a frequent speaker at operational/technical cybersecurity conferences world-wide.
Darren Kitchen
Darren Kitchen, founder of Hak5, is an influential figure in the cybersecurity field. His YouTube series, Hak5, is the longest-running and has reached millions. Beginning with BASIC on an IBM PC, Kitchen’s early interactions with the hacker underground, influenced by pre-Internet BBSes, shaped his innovations. In 2005, he established Hak5, fostering a community for hackers. Now, Kitchen is a renowned author, speaker, and cybersecurity innovator. Holding patents for NIST-recognized standards, he’s credited with inventing keystroke injection and other notable attack techniques.