DerbyCon 3.0 - All In The Family

In reflection of DerbyCon 3.0, I am still in awe at the flawlessness by which this conference is executed! Dave Kennedy (@HackingDave) and his wife Erin (@MrsRel1k), along with Adrian Crenshaw (@Irongeek_adc), Martin Bos (@purehate_), and Nick Hitchcock (@nick8ch), put on one of the best conferences that an information security geek could ask for! They are backed by an outstanding crew of security individuals and volunteers that run like a well-oiled machine!

This year's conference slogan was "All In The Family", and once again, it completely lived up to its name! The shirt design says it all...

The purpose of the slogan and design was to enforce the fact that the Information Security community doesn't need to alienate any sect from attending. If we are going to fix the broken cycle of our industry, we need to band together, no matter if you're a White Hat, Agent, or Black Hat. We all learn from one another, and without any of the three, our industry's eco-system would be broken.

There was an AMAZING lineup of talented thought-leaders in the information security community both teaching as well as presenting. There were a total of 5 tracks running simultaneously, and never was there a time slot where I didn't feel the need to attend a talk! In fact, I couldn't attend many that I wanted to, due to the fact that some of the greatest talks were stacked against one another in order to allow for an even distribution of people across all of them.

There were so many amazing things during this conference that I could expound upon, but one of the most memorable pieces of this conference to me was being able to present at a conference that I hold in such high regard! I was extremely honored to be able to present with Adam Byers (@al14s) at this conference. Please check out our talk Rapid Assessment of Web Resources (RAWR) if you haven't done so already!

I was also extremely excited to spend some time with my High Hack Society crew! So many members of our group were presenting, I was very proud to be representing #HHS (@HighHackSociety) while on stage. It was great to finally meet several folks in person that I have not had the opportunity to meet yet!
Below is a list of HHS members that were in attendance, with links to those who were presenting:
(In no particular order)
@gl11tch - Learn To Be A Penetration Tester
@iampr1me - Put Me In Coach! How We Got Started In InfoSec
@fjhackett - Put Me In Coach! How We Got Started In InfoSec & Why Your IT Bytes
@oncee - Building an Information Security Awareness Program From Scratch
@essobi - The Internet Of Things - Vulns, Botnets, & Detections
@hacktalkblog - Phishing Like The Pros
@c0ncealed - Rapid Assessment of Web Resources (RAWR)
@g0tmi1k
@_fmm
@spridel11
@xillwillx
@k0nsp1racy
@humanpr3y
As you can see... we rolled in deep! =P  Our brothers that couldn't make it were sorely missed.

Looking forward to next year already!

- c0ncealed