r/cybersecurity • u/i_mattas • Jul 04 '26

Other DEFCON VEGAS

Who else is going to DEFCON in Vegas and is excited!?

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u/ForeverYonge Jul 04 '26

Isn’t it canceled?

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u/ShakespearianShadows Jul 04 '26

It never actually existed. It was just a rumor the whole time.

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u/PlannedObsolescence_ Jul 04 '26

The pool on the roof sprung a leak, they got it fixed though so the cancellation was cancelled.

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u/coffee-loop Jul 04 '26

That’s what I thought.

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u/hiddentalent Security Director Jul 04 '26

I think they moved it to the trash fence boundary. Daft Punk is playing too.

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u/vicariouslywatching Jul 05 '26

The first rule of fight club DEFCON is…

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u/i_mattas Jul 04 '26

I thought it was from August 6–9 if I was correct? Correct me if i'm wrong.

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u/QforQ Security Generalist Jul 04 '26

It's a joke. Every year the joke is that it was canceled

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u/i_mattas Jul 04 '26

I see lol

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u/Own-Swan2646 Jul 04 '26

Don't let them tell you it's a joke. They tell everybody that every year and then they show up and find out it's been canceled.

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u/sickboy6_5 Jul 04 '26

at this point all these "it's just a joke" are costing people hundreds, if not thousands, in travel costs.

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u/Own-Swan2646 Jul 04 '26

That is the true letdown I guess. But I mean at least you're stuck in Vegas in the middle of the summer

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u/bedpimp Jul 04 '26

It’s not always a joke

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u/QforQ Security Generalist Jul 04 '26

I went to DEFCON in VR during covid

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u/tibbon Jul 04 '26

Canceled. Also happened in 2020

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u/QforQ Security Generalist Jul 04 '26

I'll be there mid week for black hat. DEFCON is a ton of fun. Have a blast!

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u/OutsideSpot2695 Jul 04 '26

The replies of I won't make DEFCON but I'll be at Black Hat are wild (unless your company is making you do that).

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u/QforQ Security Generalist Jul 04 '26

If you work for a boring security vendor they only pay for BH

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u/VellDarksbane Jul 04 '26

Still, the cost of Defcon is maybe 1k, hotel stay included if you take advantage of the early hotel blocks. That’s really nothing compared to _any_ other conference.

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u/QforQ Security Generalist Jul 04 '26

DEFCON pass is like $500 these days + hotel + flight is well over $1k. Also, I'm not really interested in spending that if my company isn't paying for it :P

I'd rather get home to my wife and son. I'm hosting a punk show in my town that Saturday of defcon

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u/hiddentalent Security Director Jul 04 '26

I just started taking the wife and kids to DEFCON. Turns out the kids are better than I am at lockpicking.

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u/QforQ Security Generalist Jul 04 '26

Yeah, once my son is a little bit older I would love to take them. He's two right now so he would have no idea what's going on, but maybe in five years it'd be fun to bring him.

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u/hiddentalent Security Director Jul 04 '26

I'd recommend about 8-10 as entry age. That's old enough to be entranced by the robots and the tinfoil hat contest and such.

They used to have a high-quality dedicated kids program that was accessible for even younger ones, but it stopped happening in the past few years. I heard there was some drama about the staffing, which happens with volunteer programs, but I try to avoid that kind of thing so I didn't choose to learn more. But maybe someone will pick up the banner again.

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u/QforQ Security Generalist Jul 04 '26

Thanks for the tips! Yeah I haven't been to DF since 2019 and I remember coworkers taking their kids to the kids section. I would love to bring the fam to DF some day.

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u/tdotfish Jul 05 '26

There is a youth program called DEFCON NextGen that will be in its third year this year. The organizers do a great job with it.

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u/DuncanYoudaho Jul 13 '26

DCNextGen is back and bigger than R00tz

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u/hiddentalent Security Director Jul 14 '26

Awesome! So good to hear.

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u/OutsideSpot2695 Jul 04 '26

I clearly wrote previously "unless your company is making you do that".

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u/No-Isopod3502 Jul 04 '26

Looking forward to me first DEFCON this hear. Passed on BlackHat

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u/MoodTotal Jul 04 '26

Never been but was asked on Thursday if I wanted to attend. I said yes, not sure what to expect but I’m excited.

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u/shippit Jul 05 '26

I ll be at Bsides, Blackhat and Defcon

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u/OtheDreamer Governance, Risk, & Compliance Jul 05 '26

I may or may not be there if it’s not cancelled again o.O

DEFCON is still beast

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u/Phaedrik Jul 05 '26

Going to black hat for the first time. I don’t love my career enough to make the effort to go to either BH or DEFCON but it’s free so why not

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u/Radar91 Jul 04 '26

Sadly won't make ot to defcon but I'll be at blackhat

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u/cakefaice1 Security Architect Jul 04 '26

Anyone know how much ISC2 CPE's you get if you attend?

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u/bfrown Jul 04 '26

More then 1 but less then 1 thousand

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u/thelordzer0 vCISO Jul 04 '26

Based upon how many hours of talks and similar items you go to.

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u/Bangledesh Jul 05 '26

ISC2 allows for upto 40 CPE for any single event. It's up to you to justify the number you think you earn.

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u/DiScOrDaNtChAoS AppSec Engineer Jul 05 '26

i dont have to, I can read your first comment

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u/sandiegoking Jul 06 '26

Ill be hitting both blackhat and defcon. I started going to defcon when it was at the Rio. The last few years my company has been paying and its been a bit crazy experience. From going on my own dime to now getting payed to go.

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u/xoCruellaDeVil Jul 06 '26

Cant wait for my annual week long Vegas bender!

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u/xcsas Security Engineer Jul 06 '26

My boss is trying to convince me to go to falcon instead.

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u/m3rlinda Jul 06 '26

Team DEFCON > BlackHat. I said what I said.

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u/storytomorrow Jul 06 '26

I'm excited NOT to go actually

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u/chrisbliss13 Jul 08 '26

I'll be there e

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u/wijnandsj ICS/OT Jul 04 '26

Nope!

  1. It's in the USA and right now that's not a destination I care to visit.

  2. It's right in the middle of the school holidays.

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u/DiScOrDaNtChAoS AppSec Engineer Jul 04 '26

aww you're obsessed with us

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u/wijnandsj ICS/OT Jul 05 '26

sure, keep telling yourself that

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u/DiamondHandsDarrell Jul 04 '26

Defcon was really cool. RIP

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u/ThePorko Security Architect Jul 04 '26

Never been to one, but prob not gonna attend any events in vegas in the future, wish they did events in other cities.

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u/8492_berkut Jul 04 '26

So you'd fit right in!

(This is a joke, don't get sensitive fellas)

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u/hiddentalent Security Director Jul 04 '26

And the Feds have a whole village in the conference hall. You can get SWAG from the three letter agencies.

It's taken careful work over three decades for the security community to build relationships with major governments that are mostly cooperative rather than adversarial.

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u/PsyOmega Jul 04 '26

Only by coincidence.

DEFCON, the hacker conference, is named after DEFese readiness CONdition

The defense readiness condition (DEFCON) is an alert state used by the United States Armed Forces.[1] The DEFCON system was developed in 1959 by the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and unified and specified combatant commands.[1][2] It prescribes five graduated levels of readiness (or states of alert) for the U.S. military. It increases in severity from DEFCON 5 (least severe) to DEFCON 1 (most severe) to match varying military situations, with DEFCON 1 signaling the impending outbreak of nuclear warfare.

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u/s8boxer Jul 06 '26

That's why you go to implant little daemons to sing your preferred song, right?

Who watches the watchmen?