Another summer has almost passed, and I missed the Vegas pilgrimage. What with masks and shots, sick people and crazy people… I am still not 100% down with travel. Don’t get me wrong, some crazy part of me really misses waking up in a hotel room wondering where I am and what is on my calendar for the day, but sadly it’s not really fully back to “normal” (which my sister says “is just a setting on the dryer”). All that said, my plan is to be there next year.
I’ve heard mixed reviews. The consensus was that it was lightly attended, and that there were many more “innovation vendors” than main stream big guys. But maybe that’s a good thing. I’ve always enjoyed the outside ring of vendors at shows like RSA, and think that we need more of those in the industry.
Consolidation continues on, and companies are recognizing that there is a balance to the idea that workers that have a less rigid onsite work schedule can be happier and more productive. Then there a great number of people that have not used the time wisely and have instead used this for an excuse to slack. Whichever you are, I hope you’re finding ways to be successful in the new normal.
But I digress.. Thanks to my good friend Tom Ryan, I have this killer list to share with you. Here are slides, talks and videos of some of the best of this year’s Vegas security fest. Check em out. Some great stuff here:
DefCon 29 Videos: https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2029/DEF%20CON%2029%20video%20and%20slides/
DefCon 29 Slides: https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2029/DEF%20CON%2029%20presentations/
BlackHat 2021 (Slides accessible within each talk's link): https://www.blackhat.com/us-21/briefings/schedule/index.html
30th Usenix Security Symposium (papers and presentations): https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity21/technical-sessions
Do you have any training links to share? Information that might be useful? Post below please! I’m interested.